Re: NXR search for literal string "sizeof(*"

[David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 06:08:59PM +0700, Robert Elz wrote:
 >     Date:        Tue, 11 Nov 2014 08:03:03 +0000
 >     From:        David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost>
 >     Message-ID:  <20141111080303.GA21871%netbsd.org@localhost>
 > 
 >   |  >   $ grep -FR 'sizeof(*' /usr/src
 >   | 
 >   | % echo 'sizeofboo' | grep 'sizeof(*'
 >   | sizeofboo
 >   | 
 >   | I think you mean 'sizeof(\*'.
 > 
 > You didn't give the -F which is the gnuish (and stupid) way of turning
 > grep into fgrep (in which * has no special meaning).   Had the original
 > simply used fgrep, that would have been obvious, of course.

Oops. As others have said before me: that'll teach me to post using a
rented brain.

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David A. Holland
dholland%netbsd.org@localhost