
Quotes
Arguments are separated by spaces
If you want to include spaces in your arguments, enclose them in quotes:
$ grep 'Reegen Hatch' /etc/passwd
reegen:x:1000:1000:Reegen Hatch:/home/reegen:/bin/ksh
$ grep "George's" my.email.txt
Everyone loves to ride in George's pontoon boat.
Double quotes allow variable and backtick expansion.
Single quotes don't.
Copyright 2005, Bri Hatch of Onsight, Inc.
Presented at LFNW - LinuxFest Northwest, Bellingham, Washington, Apr 2005
Presentation created using vim and MagicPoint.