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'git grep' and word boundaries on Mac OS X and BSD

Asked 2011-09-30T08:35:35.957
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I run git grep "\<blah\>" regularly on my linux development server, but I just discovered that I am not able to use \< and \> on Mac (Mac OS X 10.6.8) (not able to use = it does not find anything). Is the regular expressions syntax different in Mac?

I tried using git grep -E "\<blah\>" but to no avail! :-(

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You can compile git with PCRE support and use git grep -P "\bblah\b" for word boundaries.

Here's a guide on how to compile git using OSX Homebrew: http://realultimateprogramming.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-to-enable-git-grep-p-on-os-x-using.html

answered 2013-04-26T18:29:12.120

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