How do I recursively grep all directories and subdirectories?
Feb 16, 2016 · grep -r "texthere" . The first parameter represents the regular expression to search for, while the second one represents the directory that should be searched. In this case, . …
What is the difference between grep -e and grep -E option?
grep -e PATTERN unless, as stated in an earlier Answer and in the man pages, there are multiple search patterns, or to protect a pattern beginning with a hyphen (-).
How to run grep with multiple AND patterns? - Unix & Linux Stack …
Mar 25, 2016 · I would like to get the multi pattern match with implicit AND between patterns, i.e. equivalent to running several greps in a sequence: grep pattern1 | grep pattern2 | ... So how to …
How can I use grep to find a word inside a folder?
Nov 8, 2010 · 165 grep -nr string my_directory Additional notes: this satisfies the syntax grep [options] string filename because in Unix-like systems, a directory is a kind of file (there is a …
Find all files containing a specific text (string) on Linux
Jun 6, 2013 · How do I find all files containing a specific string of text within their file contents? The following doesn't work. It seems to display every single file in the system. find / -type f …
Grep: how to add an "OR" condition? - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange
Dec 1, 2011 · How can I introduce a conditional OR into grep? Something like, grepping a file's type for (JPEG OR JPG), and then sending only those files into the photos folder. For …
How can I grep for this or that (2 things) in a file?
grep understands three different versions of regular expression syntax: “basic,” “extended” and “perl.” In GNU grep, there is no difference in available functionality between basic and …
How to perform grep operation on all files in a directory?
430 Working with xenserver, and I want to perform a command on each file that is in a directory, grep ping some stuff out of the output of the command and appending it in a file. I'm clear on …
How can I "grep" for a filename instead of the contents of a file?
grep is used to search within a file to see if any line matches a given regular expression. However, I have this situation - I want to write a regular expression that will match the filename itself …
grep -P no longer works. How can I rewrite my searches?
May 21, 2013 · brew install grep Then it's available as ggrep (GNU grep). it doesn't replaces the system grep (you need to put the installed grep before the system one on the PATH). The …
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