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

[Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost>]

    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.

kre