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The document describes the grep command syntax and options. Grep searches for patterns in files. Key options include: -c prints only a match count; -i ignores case; -l lists files containing matches; -n prints line numbers; -v inverts the match to print non-matching lines. Sample commands demonstrate using grep to search files case-insensitively, count matches, list matching files, match whole words only, print only matches, and show line numbers.

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The document describes the grep command syntax and options. Grep searches for patterns in files. Key options include: -c prints only a match count; -i ignores case; -l lists files containing matches; -n prints line numbers; -v inverts the match to print non-matching lines. Sample commands demonstrate using grep to search files case-insensitively, count matches, list matching files, match whole words only, print only matches, and show line numbers.

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Syntax:

grep [options] pattern [files]


Options Description
-c : This prints only a count of the lines that match a pattern
-h : Display the matched lines, but do not display the filenames.
-i : Ignores, case for matching
-l : Displays list of a filenames only.
-n : Display the matched lines and their line numbers.
-v : This prints out all the lines that do not matches the pattern
-e exp : Specifies expression with this option. Can use multiple times.
-f file : Takes patterns from file, one per line.
-E : Treats pattern as an extended regular expression (ERE)
-w : Match whole word
-o : Print only the matched parts of a matching line,
with each such part on a separate output line.
Sample Commands
Consider the below file as an input.
$cat > geekfile.txt
unix is great os. unix is opensource. unix is free os.
learn operating system.
Unix linux which one you choose.
uNix is easy to learn.unix is a multiuser os.Learn unix .unix is a
powerful.
1. Case insensitive search : The -i option enables to search for a string case insensitively in
the give file. It matches the words like “UNIX”, “Unix”, “unix”.
$grep -i "UNix" geekfile.txt
Output:

unix is great os. unix is opensource. unix is free os.


Unix linux which one you choose.
uNix is easy to learn.unix is a multiuser os.Learn unix .unix is a
powerful.
2. Displaying the count of number of matches : We can find the number of lines that
matches the given string/pattern
$grep -c "unix" geekfile.txt
Output:
2
3. Display the file names that matches the pattern : We can just display the files that
contains the given string/pattern.
$grep -l "unix" *

or

$grep -l "unix" f1.txt f2.txt f3.xt f4.txt


Output:
geekfile.txt
4. Checking for the whole words in a file : By default, grep matches the given string/pattern
even if it found as a substring in a file. The -w option to grep makes it match only the whole
words.
$ grep -w "unix" geekfile.txt
Output:
unix is great os. unix is opensource. unix is free os.
uNix is easy to learn.unix is a multiuser os.Learn unix .unix is a
powerful.
5. Displaying only the matched pattern : By default, grep displays the entire line which has
the matched string. We can make the grep to display only the matched string by using the -o
option.
$ grep -o "unix" geekfile.txt
Output:
unix
unix
unix
unix
unix
unix

6. Show line number while displaying the output using grep -n : To show the line number
of file with the line matched.
$ grep -n "unix" geekfile.txt
Output:

1:unix is great os. unix is opensource. unix is free os.


4:uNix is easy to learn.unix is a multiuser os.Learn unix .unix is a
powerful.
7. Inverting the pattern match : You can display the lines that are not matched with the
specified search sting pattern using the -v option.
$ grep -v "unix" geekfile.txt
Output:
learn operating system.
Unix linux which one you choose.

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