Grep Command Options

Other Options in Grep Command

In the previous post i have discussed 2 options in the grep command. In this post i am going to discuss about another 2 important options that are available in the grep command.

Exact Search

Command : grep -w

Usage : Will search for the exact match

Syntax : grep -w string filename

Example : grep -w too word.txt

Working: The above command will search the word too in an exact manner. If this option is not used the command will give the output of the string which has "too" as sub string even.

Count

Command : grep -c

Usage : Will count the number of times string occur

Syntax: grep -c string filename

Example : grep -c apple fruits.txt

Working : The above command give the count of the string "apple" in the file fruits.

So far i have discussed the most important grep command options. I don't like to discuss other commands and confuse. If you need so ping me via comment. ill explain you other commands

Kindly bare me for posting articles too late.

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Praveen Kumar Rajendran

Chennai

Linux Updates June 27, 2013