[Gllug] problems with grep

[Mike Brodbelt]

On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 09:01 +0000, charles wrote:
> Can anyone tell me why the following command:
> 
> grep e$ words2.txt 
> 
> 
> does not list all lines in 'words2.txt' that end with the letter 'e' ?

The shell prevents the $ from reaching grep.

grep e\$ words2.txt

should do what you want.

Mike

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