egrep
Find patterns in files using extended regular expression (supports?
,+
,{}
,()
and|
). More information: https://manned.org/egrep.
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Search for a pattern within a file:
egrep "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}
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Search for a pattern within multiple files:
egrep "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}} {{path/to/file3}}
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Search
stdin
for a pattern:
cat {{path/to/file}} | egrep {{search_pattern}}
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Print file name and line number for each match:
egrep --with-filename --line-number "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}
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Search for a pattern in all files recursively in a directory, ignoring binary files:
egrep --recursive --binary-files={{without-match}} "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/directory}}
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Search for lines that do not match a pattern:
egrep --invert-match "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}
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