> From > https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/manual/grep.html#The-Backslash-Character-and-Special-Expressions > : > > The ‘\’ character, when followed by certain ordinary characters, takes a > special meaning: > > ... > > ‘\<’ > > Match the empty string at the beginning of word. > ‘\>’ > > Match the empty string at the end of word. > > > I'd be happy to use any other (more readable!) whole-word matching grep trick, > this \<one\> just happens to be committed to my cmdline muscle memory. There is 'grep -w' which I use for this. Miroslav
