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To search text for lines contain a match to the given strings or word

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Searches through file text for specific words or character patterns   grep  
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grep Options: Searches binary (executables) files as if they were text files   grep -a  
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grep Options: Print a specified number of lines AFTER the matching line   grep -A number  
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grep Options:Print a specified number of lines BEFORE the matching line   grep -B number  
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grep Options: Print a specified number of lines AROUND the matching line   grep -C number  
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grep Options: Show number of matches of the string for the file   grep -c  
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grep Options: Use regular expressions for the text file (like egrep)   grep -E  
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grep Options: Uses a file as a source for string patterns   grep -F  
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grep Options: Searches for multiple strings using a file that lists the string pattern   grep -f  
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grep Options: Ignore the case of a string   grep -i  
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grep Options: List just the names of the files with a match – used when search multiple files   grep -l  
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grep Options: Show only a specified number of matches for a file   grep -m number  
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grep Options: Displays the line number of the lines containing the term   grep -n  
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grep Options: Display no-matching lines   grep -v  
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grep Options: Search the directory recursively   grep -r  
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grep Options: Searches in files with names that match a specified string   grep --include=file_name  
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grep Options:Searches in files with names that DO NOT match a specified string   grep --exclude=file_name  
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grep Options: Search for words only   grep -w  
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grep Options: Suppress the inclusion of the file name in the grep output   grep -h  
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