Escape Double Quote in Grep
I Wanted to Do Grep for Keywords with Double Quotes Inside. to Give a Simple Example: Echo "Member":"Time" | Grep -E "Member\"" That Does Not Match. How Can I...
I wanted to do grep for keywords with double quotes inside. To give a simple example:
echo "member":"time" | grep -e "member\""
That does not match. How can I fix it?
1 Answer
The problem is that you aren't correctly escaping the input string, try:
echo "\"member\":\"time\"" | grep -e "member\""
Alternatively, you can use unescaped double quotes within single quotes:
echo '"member":"time"' | grep -e 'member"'
It's a matter of preference which you find clearer, although the second approach prevents you from nesting your command within another set of single quotes (e.g. ssh 'cmd').
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