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Updated on 2025-03-09

About the problem of matching backslashes\escaping when searching text in Linux in grep

In Linux system, when there is a backslash in the text, you need to use grep to find out the content with the backslash, such as the following text

aaa
bbb
cccccc
ddd\teee
ffffff

Want to find the text of the line ddd\teee

If you use cat  |grep "ddd\teee"   or cat  |grep "ddd\teee to add an escape, you can't find it

At least three backslashes need to be added, for example

cat /tmp/|grep "ddd\\\teee   This way you can find this line

Add a few more, such as

cat /tmp/|grep "ddd\\\\teee
cat /tmp/|grep "ddd\\\\\teee
cat /tmp/|grep "ddd\\\\\\teee

No matter how many, it won't work

For example, add 7

cat /tmp/|grep "ddd\\\\\\\teee, so you can't find it
Here is the multi-layer escape problem of grep

linux ^ special characters split \ escape , windows \\^ escape

linux ^ special characters split  ^ escape  , under windows \^ escape.
If it is B   then ^B^  escape; if it is B   then \B\  escape

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