Grep command stands for Global Regular Expression Printthis command looks inside the file and display a text by searching.this command are used many options like -i and more options used this command the following example and discription of this command.
$grep [option] [text or pattern to be searched] [file_name]
$grep "tutorialsstudio" file1.txt
it will display the whole statement,containing a text(pattern) "tutorialsstudio" inside file1.txt(Searching text will be highlighted).note that,it will follow the case according to your searching text,like here tutorialsstudio keyword will be found with starting "t".
Sr.No |
Options |
Descriptions |
---|---|---|
01 |
-i |
for ignoring the case,while searching the text from file. |
02 |
-c |
for counting the number of line containing a pattern or text. |
03 |
-w |
match whole word only(ex. searching for exact word "is".if any word contains substring "is" will not be considered). |
04 |
-r |
recursive searching.(it is used,when you want to search in all the file inside a directory) |
05 |
-n |
shows line number while displaying the output. |