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In a linux shell, I want to make sure that a certain set of files all begin with <?, having that exact string and no other characters at the beginning. How can I grep or use some other to express "file begins with"?
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Hi,
I've downloaded and installed the GnuWin32 tools, and added the grep executables to the Emacs bin. I've also, for what its worth, added the GnuWin32 bin folder to my Path variable.
Problem is though, when I try and run with suggested grep commands, I always get:
Grep exited abnormally with…
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Hi,
How can I use 'grep' to get lines start with '* ' in my file?
I tried grep "" myfile
I tried grep " " myfile
but returns all the lines of my file.
Thank you.
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