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bug#31182: Grep Not Matching with Caret in First Line of File
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Benno Schulenberg |
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bug#31182: Grep Not Matching with Caret in First Line of File |
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Mon, 30 Apr 2018 21:41:18 +0200 |
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Budin, Clay wrote:
> It seems like grep isn't matching with a caret (start-of-line) on the first
> line of a file.
Most likely you have a BOM (Byte Order Mark) on the first line.
(It would be cool, though, if grep could ignore that mark.)
Benno