grep
grep
[1] is a command for searching plain text data sets for lines that match a regular expression.
~/.bash_profile
alias grep='grep --color=auto'
Contents
Common options
-o, --only-matching
-a, --text equivalent to --binary-files=text
Examples
grep -ir "YOUR TEXT" *
Search for a pattern: TEXT="OTHER_TEXT"
grep -o 'TEXT="\w*"' index.html
Search for a pattern: TEXT="OTHER _TE XT" including spaces:
grep -o 'TEXT="[ a-zA-Z0-9_]*"' index.html
Search in hidden folders:
grep -ir your-search * .[^.]*
grep your-search$
grep -qxF 'your text "additional text"' yourfile.txt || echo 'your text "additional text"' >> yourfile.txt
Related
findstr
(Windows)
- ggrep macOS
- include (Cisco IOS)
awk '/TEXT_TO_SEARCH/{f=1}f' file
ag
git grep "your_string" $(git rev-list --all)
aws --filters
match
PAN-OS command
psql -c
pkill -x
- Logs: ElasticSearch and OpenSearch
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See also
↑ http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/grep.1p.html
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