RE: Grep Help

I think you may have a defective grep:  

23:32:46.08 $ cat f

$Log: Blah  

23:32:58.70 $ grep "\$Log: .*\$" f  

23:33:11.18 $

23:34:41.16 $ grep --version

grep (GNU grep) 2.5.1  

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warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.     23:34:55.15 $  

(Notice that your narrative and your RE mismatch slightly, because there's a space after your colon, but this doesn't matter with respect to your actual question.)    

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Ethan Post Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 2:57 PM
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Subject: Grep Help  

> cat f

$Log: Blah

> grep "\$Log: .*\$" f

$Log: Blah

I am actually looking for a line which has Dollar Log Colon ...any characters...dollar...any characters...but this still returns the line, even thought it is missing the last dollar. I am sure this is a pretty obvious one, please help.  

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