git grep for less than or greater than character (in Windows shell)

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I'm trying to grep the word <template> in a git repository.

How do I write my git grep statement for this? (Shell seems to assume < and > as redirection parameters)

(Looks like this is specific to git for windows run from a cmd session. Git Bash works fine)

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

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Using Git Bash, you should be able to simply quote it: git grep "<template>"....

Running Git via Windows' cmd.exe is a little bit different. There, git grep ^<template^> ... should work. This is because cmd.exe uses ^ as its escape character (rather than \, which is used in Bash, ZSH, and just about every other shell out there).

See also this question.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

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answered Jan 20 '14 at 22:44

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Note that this is how you handle any shell quoting, not just for `git`. – Andy Lester Jan 20 '14 at 23:01
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I'm running [git for windows](http://msysgit.github.io/) at the moment and doing a git grep " – Debajit Jan 20 '14 at 23:18
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@Nocturne Are you using Git Bash or the Windows shell? If the latter, try `git grep "\ – Charles Duffy Jan 20 '14 at 23:22
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@CharlesDuffy Git Bash seems to work correctly. The problem seems to be with the Windows shell. `git grep "\ – Debajit Jan 20 '14 at 23:29
...yeah; a question about Windows Shell should probably be tagged as a cmd.exe question rather than anything about git; most folks who know git well, myself included, are more familiar with unixy platforms. – Charles Duffy Jan 20 '14 at 23:41
Yep, tagged correctly now. Didn't realize it was a Windows issue at the outset :) – Debajit Jan 20 '14 at 23:51
Ah, I missed the Windows bit. Try `git grep ^ – ChrisGPT was on strike Jan 21 '14 at 00:05
@Chris, yes, that does work :) Could you update your answer and explain what the caret does? – Debajit Jan 21 '14 at 00:55

git grep for less than or greater than character (in Windows shell)

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