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If you have a dash (-) at the end of the string this script will bring it as a result, which was not expected.

Evis
– Evis

2016-11-11 14:28:09 +00:00
Commented Nov 11, 2016 at 14:28
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Correct @Evert : Words include only alpha chars, digits and underscores, so if you have abbreviations or other items hyphenated, this does not work.

ingyhere
– ingyhere

2017-01-31 21:10:58 +00:00
Commented Jan 31, 2017 at 21:10
@Cyrus I learnt the second one while using vi/vim * command on words.

KRoy
– KRoy

2018-02-13 19:35:35 +00:00
Commented Feb 13, 2018 at 19:35
It does not work for any special character it have for example org.apache.avro avro greped with org.apache.avro avro+mapred (tried with *)

Vishrant
– Vishrant

2019-03-28 01:30:10 +00:00
Commented Mar 28, 2019 at 1:30
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@Evis Use grep -w "deiauk$" textfile instead.

ceremcem
– ceremcem

2020-12-28 22:41:55 +00:00
Commented Dec 28, 2020 at 22:41

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