grep for a string containing a bracket?

[cmayo]

I'd like to grep a collection of PHP scripts for an array variable called, in this case, $year[x]. Lots of script have $year variables, but I'm only interested in the arrays, so I'd like to find '$year['. Grep is pretty hard to get along with, though, when I'm trying to find a string that includes a bracket, escaping it (\$year\[) doesn't seem to help, and you'd be surprised at how many Google hits for "grep string bracket' turn up exactly the wrong results.

Anybody know how I can do this?

TIA

 

[cspilman]

grep "\$year\[" script.php

Regards,
Chuck

 

[cspilman]

Also an awk solution:

awk '/\$year\[/' script.php

Regards,
Chuck

 

[cmayo]

Thanks Chuck - both those guys worked like a charm!

 

[SamBones]

You could also just use [tt]fgrep[/tt]. It only pattern matches on the exact string you give it. That's why it's "Fast Grep".

fgrep '$year[' script.php