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N00b101
N00b101

Reputation: 165

How can I grep for text that contains a single and double quote?

Also, I want to keep some type of outer quotes so that I can use a large regular expression.

For example, if file 'Test' contains literal: "Josh's Dog"

I do grep '"Josh's Dog"' test

and it doesn't work.

What do I need to escape out of?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 70

Answers (1)

gongzhitaao
gongzhitaao

Reputation: 6682

Maybe try this:

grep \"Josh\'s\ Dog\" test

Or as noted here Why escaped single quote doesn't work in grep?, try

grep -P '"Josh\047s Dog"' dat

Upvotes: 2

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