paulb@ttidca.tti.com (Paul Blumstein) (05/31/89)
A file contains the following line: Subject: Re: Icarus factor... Attempt is made to retrieve it with the following command: grep -i '^subject:.*re' 24289 This does not work with 3.5 grep. It does work with 4.0 grep & 3.5 egrep. Note that the following 2 variations do work: grep -i '^subject:.*Re' 24289 grep 'Subject:.*Re' 24289 ============================================================================= Paul Blumstein | "thirty something" refers to the number of Citicorp/TTI | commercials per episode. Santa Monica, CA +------------------------------------------------------- {philabs,csun,psivax}!ttidca!paulb or paulb@ttidca.TTI.COM DISCLAIMER: Everything & everyone is hereby disclaimed!