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Search a file for a pattern - grep

Posted By: Jarvia Miller     Category: Unix / Linux / Ubuntu     Views: 3972

This article explains about grep command with an example in unix.

grep command is used to search a file for a pattern in unix.

Syntax of grep Command

grep [- options] pattern filename 


Example of grep command

grep "hello" helloFile.txt


helloFile.txt file contents are as shown below

hello world


  
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