Re^6: How to grep exact string

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in thread How to grep exact string

It's not clear why this would be. grep {$_ eq $unique} should be exactly equivalent to grep /^$unique$/, as long as $unique doesn't have any regex metacharacters--and it doesn't appear to in the sample data.

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Re^7: How to grep exact string by frozenwithjoy (Priest) on Nov 15, 2012 at 09:03 UTC
Whoa, you are write. I had a typo. I left the `//`'s around `$unique`. Oops. Maybe that means it is bedtime for me!	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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