grep, etc

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 10:46:32AM -0400, Bill Vermillion wrote:
> > Well, in the *exact* instance he used as an example, it would work.
> 
> > But what happens if he wants -213 through -226?
> 
> grep '-2[12][3-6]$' file  :-)

Which precisely illustrates my point as to why it wouldn't work.

That won't match -217 through -222. 

If the criterion is in fact numeric, treating the numbers as strings
won't work.

Cheers,
-- jra
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