How do I grep all \\

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What's the command to grep all lines in subdirectories with \\ (together)? I tried grep -r "\\\\" . but that also catches single \ and I don't know why it would.

Related: Why does echo -e "\\\SOME_TEXT" show only one backslash? — Kamil Maciorowski, Jan 09 '18 at 20:15
Grep has the -F option for fixed strings (there is a wrapper too fgrep) grep -F '\\' could work. — Paulo, Jan 09 '18 at 22:26

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 09 '18 at 20:18

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Put single quotes around the four backslashes so that bash doesn’t eat two of them.

answered Jan 09 '18 at 20:18

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OHHHH Bash is doing it. Derp – Carbon Jan 09 '18 at 20:52

How do I grep all \\

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