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Revision as of 12:47, 16 November 2018

Find pattern in data stream (files, standard input)

grep <pattern> <files>
Find pattern in any of the files.
When multiple files are scanned the filename is reported too (see -h below)
Useful options
-i
Ignore case
-l
Only report filename of files with matches
-h
Suppress reporting of filenames when multiple files are scanned.
-n
Report linenumber of matches too
-f <file>
Get patterns from <file>. One(1) pattern per line.