bash - Unexpected behavior of 'grep' -
can please explain behavior of grep below case:
$ grep <html> foo $ bash: html: no such file or directory
you need escape < , > inside bash.
- use backslash escape single character
- use single quotes escape multiple characters
correct syntax:
grep '<html>' myfile grep \<html\> myfile further information:
< , > used i/o redirection. < accepts input , > redirects output. thus, grep <html> foo tries read file named html , redirects output file myfile.
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