grep for ^Z (ASCII code) in a file 2

[bgreen]

Hi,

I am trying to grep for the ascii character in a file but I am not sure how. I know this is 1 character long. I am trying:

grep "^Z" file

this does not work.

 

[PHV]

You may try this:
grep `echo "\032\c"` file

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[columb]

egrep "\r" *.txt

works on my AIX 5.1 system

Columb Healy

 

[PHV]

Isn't \r ^M ?

 

[columb]

Ooops - please ignore my stupid faux pas! I'm so used to fixing what my users call 'the Control M problem' I didn't read the original post closely enough.

Columb Healy

 

[mrn]

For future reference this should help

http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ascii.html

Mike

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[Annihilannic]

Alternatively just type:

[tt]grep ^V^Z file[/b]

^V^Z is Ctrl-V followed by Ctrl-Z. You may not even need the Ctrl-V (I don't).

Annihilannic.

 

[Annihilannic]

Oops, ignore the [tt][/b] errors please...

Annihilannic.

 

[bgreen]

I used PHV's idea. It worked. Thanks.