sirkm@ssyx.ucsc.edu (Greg Anderson) (05/05/90)
I just tested my grep xfcn on fields with option characters. I was
able to:
o Type option characters into a field:
ex: *** test ***
(Where "*"s represent option characters)
o Match lines that contain option characters
ex: grep("test",bg fld info) returned "*** test ***"
o Match lines using option characters in the search string.
ex: grep("***",bg fld info) returned "*** test ***"
If this test didn't work for you, I don't know what to say. What version
of grep are you using? I'm up to version 3.1. You can find out what
version you have by typing:
line 2 of grep()
Into the message box. (All of my XFCNs return usage and version information
if called without parameters.)
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