Yes whitespace always.
[root@dev ~]# echo " CP_" | egrep -e "\ CP_" CP_ [root@dev ~]# echo "CPLAT::CP_" | egrep -e "\ CP_" [root@dev ~]#
So what I am doing is a massive replace. So this grep will allow me to see how many instances still need to be replaced.
I am replacing CP_ with CPLAT::CP_ and when i execute the grep I want to ignore CPLAT:CP_ so I just see the CP_ that still need to be done.
Typo in that? You want to ignore " CPLAT::CP_" right? Depends on what tool you use and what std it follows, I don't even think you need to escape the "space".