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Linux Grep Command Cheatsheet

This document provides a cheat sheet for the grep command, listing options such as -i for case insensitive search, -A and -B to show lines before or after a match, -C to show lines around a match, -v to show non-matching lines, and -c to count matching lines. It also lists options like -l to only display file names, -w for exact word matching, -e for regex patterns, -a for binary files, and -r for recursive directory searches.

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Linux Grep Command Cheatsheet

This document provides a cheat sheet for the grep command, listing options such as -i for case insensitive search, -A and -B to show lines before or after a match, -C to show lines around a match, -v to show non-matching lines, and -c to count matching lines. It also lists options like -l to only display file names, -w for exact word matching, -e for regex patterns, -a for binary files, and -r for recursive directory searches.

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GREP COMMAND CHEATSHEET

i grep -i pattern file Case insensitive search

A grep -A n pattern file Show n lines after the match


B grep -B n pattern file Show n lines before the match

C grep -C n pattern file Show n lines before and after the match

v grep -v pattern file Show lines that do not match

c grep -c pattern file Count number of matching lines

I grep -l pattern file Display only the file names

w grep -w pattern file Match the exact word

e grep -e regex file Match the regex pattern

a grep -a pattern file Search into binary files

r grep -r pattern file Recursively search into directory

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Grep Command in Linux

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