The command
grep first second third /usr/you/myfile

a) prints lines containing the words first,
second or third from the file /usr/you/myfile
b) searches for lines containing the pattern
first in the files
second, third, and /usr/you/myfile and prints them
c) searches the files /usr/you/myfiel and
third for lines containing
the words first or second and prints them
d) replaces the word first with the word
second in the files third and /usr/you/myfile
e) None of the above

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The command grep first second third /usr/you/myfile a) prin..

Answer / apurba

Answer is B (searches for lines containing the pattern
first in the files second, third, and /usr/you/myfile and
prints them)

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The command grep first second third /usr/you/myfile a) prin..

Answer / brijmohan

None of the option will work.

Because "grep first second third" this command will search
for the same pattern and but it should grep "first second
third" instead of grep first second third.

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The command grep first second third /usr/you/myfile a) prin..

Answer / thajudeen

answer is E none of the above as it will search the pattern
as a single pattern "first second third"

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The command grep first second third /usr/you/myfile a) prin..

Answer / sathe santosh

The above command will not work.
grep searches the 1st argument in 2nd argument(filename).
The filename has multiple patterns.

example:

cat 1.lst
hi
hello
bye

see the below message.

grep hi hello 1.lst
grep: can't open hello
1.lst:hi

same can be done using below command.

grep -e hi -e hello 1.lst

hi
hello

Is This Answer Correct ?    1 Yes 3 No

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