81 lines
2.0 KiB
Groff
81 lines
2.0 KiB
Groff
.TH GREP 1 sbase\-VERSION
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.SH NAME
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grep \- search files for a pattern
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B grep
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.RB [ \-EFHchilnqsvx ]
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.RB [ \-e
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.I pattern ]
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.RB [ \-f
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.I file ]
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.I pattern
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.RI [ file ...]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B grep
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searches the input files for lines that match the
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.IR pattern ,
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a regular expression as defined in
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.IR regex (7).
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By default each matching line is printed to stdout. If no file is given, grep
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reads from stdin.
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.P
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The status code is 0 if any lines match, and 1 if not. If an error occurred the
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status code is 2.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.B \-E
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Matches using extended regex.
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.TP
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.B \-F
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Match using fixed strings. Treat each pattern specified as a string instead of a regular
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expression.
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.TP
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.B \-H
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Prefixes each matching line with its filename in the output. This is the
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default when there is more than one file specified.
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.TP
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.B \-c
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Prints only a count of matching lines.
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.TP
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.B \-e pattern
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Specify a pattern used during the search of the input: an input
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line is selected if it matches any of the specified patterns.
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This option is most useful when multiple -e options are used to
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specify multiple patterns, or when a pattern begins with a dash
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.TP
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.B \-f file
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Read one or more patterns from the file named by the pathname file.
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Patterns in file shall be terminated by a <newline>. A null pattern can be
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specified by an empty line in pattern_file. Unless the -E or -F option is
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also specified, each pattern shall be treated as a BRE.
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(`-').
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.TP
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.B \-h
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Do not prefix each line with 'filename:' prefix.
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.TP
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.B \-i
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Matches lines case insensitively.
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.TP
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.B \-l
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Prints only the names of files with matching lines.
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.TP
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.B \-n
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Prefixes each matching line with its line number in the input.
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.TP
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.B \-q
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Prints nothing, only returns status.
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.TP
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.B \-s
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Suppress the error messages ordinarily written for nonexistent or unreadable files.
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.TP
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.B \-v
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Selects lines which do
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.B not
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Match the pattern.
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.TP
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.B \-x
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Consider only input lines that use all characters in the line excluding the terminating <newline> to
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match an entire fixed string or regular expression to be matching lines.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.IR regex (7)
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