Re: using grep on /var/log/mail.log trying to escpae an "-"

Sorry the output is this

grep "-"6.3* /var/log/mail.log |grep Hits
grep: invalid option -- .
Usage: grep [OPTION]... PATTERN [FILE]...
Try `grep --help' for more information.



Jim

On Thu, 2004-03-18 at 11:43, Jim wrote:
> I am using grep and tyring to escape an - and I want everying returned
> that is 6.3 to 6.9
>
> I tried something like this
>
> grep "-"6.3* /var/log/mail.log |grep Hits
>
> and I get
>

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