Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!texbell!texsun!digi.lonestar.org!ajahnv!alfredo From: alfredo@ajahnv.lonestar.org (Alfredo Jahn V) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: grep-ing for "*" with SKsh Message-ID: Date: 15 Jul 90 21:26:22 GMT Lines: 15 With SKsh 1.3 I used to be able to issue the command: grep "*" s:crontab to pull out all lines with a "*" character. Now I get a "grep: invalid expresion" error. I tried quoting the "*" with: \* or '*' but it doesn't work! Could someone please email me the correct incantation? I can't seem to find it in the docs. Thanks in advance, - alfredo --------------------------------//---------------------------------------- Alfredo Jahn V // Internet: alfredo@ajahnv.lonestar.org 3208 Cole Ave., #1303 \\ // UUCP: texbell!ajahnv!alfredo Dallas, Texas 75204 USA \X/ Voice: +1 214 855-1316 --------------------------------------------------------------------------