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How can I grep (or something similar) after files which has a blank line followed by <?php?

I tried without success:

grep -irn '(?<=.\r)\r<?php' *

I read in some posts that grep doesn't seem to support multiline and pcregrep should be used instead. How can I pcregrep for <?php after a blank line?

ok, i saw in some posts that grep doesn't seem to support multiline and one should use pcregrep instead http://www.pcre.org/ . — StandardNerd, Feb 27 '13 at 14:18

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 27 '13 at 14:26

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The following should do what you want:

pcregrep -rinM '^\n<\?php' .

answered Feb 27 '13 at 14:26

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