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Nihanth p
Courses Plus Student 554 Pointswhat is grep ?
what the function of grep and how to use it ?
2 Answers
miikis
44,957 PointsHey Nihanth,
grep is a command-line tool for searching the contents of a given file or files according to a specified criteria. For more information on how to use it, you can check the documentation straight from your terminal: just type in man grep.
Jacob Mishkin
23,117 PointsThe grep command is used to search text or searches the given file for lines containing a match to the given strings or words.
here is an example:
$ grep 'word' yourFileName
Kepa Tairua
Courses Plus Student 4,404 PointsKepa Tairua
Courses Plus Student 4,404 PointsI'd just add that (based on the lessons), it searches a given input for a pattern. The input could be a file, could be from the standard input (keyboard), or using pipes could be from the output of another process.