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06:20:54 < thinkmassive> how do I match the beginning of a line in a multiline document using grep?
06:21:42 < thinkmassive> I've tried "^[(^apple)|(^orange)]" but it matches anywhere in the line
06:22:37 < thinkmassive> and grep doesn't understand \n I don't think
06:22:58 < thinkmassive> this must be a common problem but I don't see it anywhere google sent me
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06:30:56 < prec> [] matches a single character
06:31:29 < prec> grep understands neither () nor | use egrep for alternation support (or grep -E)
06:31:48 < prec> egrep '^apple|^orange'
06:31:55 < prec> egrep '^(apple|orange)'
06:32:18 < prec> prec: he left already dude.
06:32:31 < prec> prec: OK, I'll stop talking to myself then, thanks.
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