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Asked: May 29, 20262026-05-29T21:12:31+00:00 2026-05-29T21:12:31+00:00

How would you grep through a set of files looking for any file that

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How would you grep through a set of files looking for any file that has a comma on a line by itself with this caveat. I want it to test true if the comma has whitespace characters before or after it.

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    2026-05-29T21:12:32+00:00Added an answer on May 29, 2026 at 9:12 pm

    The regex for a single comma character on a line, surrounded by optional whitespace is:

    /^\s*,\s*$/
    
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