Grep
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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
- -n
- Only report filname of files with matches
- -h
- Suppress reporting of filenames when multiple files are scanned.
- -l
- Report linenumber of matches too