what is the function of grep command?
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Answer / khemnath chauhan
grep command let us find the desire pattern in given
statements or from contents of file.
SYNOPSIS:
$grep <pettern to search> <file name>
this will find the particular pattern.
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Answer / bharath
grep command is used to search a string or a keyword in a
file.
syntax:
grep 'keyword' file
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Answer / dhina
Grep will help us to display the particular information from
a file. For example.
grep apple fruitlist.txt
In this case, grep prints all lines containing 'apple' from
the file fruitlist.txt
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Answer / kavin
grep is used to filter or search for a pattern in the given
file.
for example
grep student class
will display only the lines that contains the word student
in it.
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