help with egrep ^L

[Alex Beamish]

On 12 Jul 2006 11:34:09 -0400, G. Matthew Rice <matt-s/rLXaiAEBtBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> Neil Watson <tlug-neil-8agRmHhQ+n2CxnSzwYWP7Q at public.gmane.org> writes:
> > On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 11:21:07AM -0400, Alex Beamish wrote:
> > >   The classic ^L (control L, hex 12) is a form feed. When I cat a file
> with
> > >   a form feed, I get a blank line. That's to say,
> >
> > Yes, it seems to be a form feed.  How can I match for one of those?
>
> If you are on the command line typing the grep or in vi writing the
> script,
> hold down the ctrl key while you hit 'v' and then 'l'.
>
> Works for other control characters like ^M (blech!!!), ^T (hard tab), ...


I thought ^I was the Tab ..

-- 
Alex Beamish
Toronto, Ontario
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