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grep a tab in UNIX

Asked 2009-12-01T11:23:13.213
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How do I grep tab (\t) in files on the Unix platform?

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I never managed to make the '\t' metacharacter work with grep. However I found two alternate solutions:

  1. Using <Ctrl-V> <TAB> (hitting Ctrl-V then typing tab)
  2. Using awk: foo | awk '/\t/'
answered 2011-01-14T13:54:35.787

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