The grep command can search for and list Linux files based on strings you are looking for and add the context of surrounding text.

The everlastingly useful grep command can change its character with the flip of a switch to help you find things.

The setup: I have a directory. In this directory is a series of subdirectories. In each subdirectory are four or five text files. The files are all named identically from directory to directory; i ...

After jumping into the Ubuntu command line yesterday, today I decided to dive a little deeper and explore the 'man' and 'grep' commands more closely.

The essential command for searching for strings on the Linux command line is 'grep'. However, the weakness of grep is that it cannot search for character strings in video files and PDF files ...

Grep is fast, powerful, and the workhouse of the command line. We’ll show you how to become a command-line wizard by using grep to quickly find text hidden in your files.

Earlier, I posted a thread needed help with a SQL problem, but I think I might be able to do what I need possibly using GREP. Basically the problem is as follows: I have a field that contains ...

The grep command is a handy, reliable tool for searching for files or information. This tutorial illustrates 10 ways to take advantage of its power and ...

So, we need to parse the output correctly to count grep processes differently from processes where grep is only a command-line argument. Listing 2 is the code for the function pc, which gives an ...

Buried in the software that connects the Linux kernel to Microsoft's HyperV virtualization program was the following code string: 0xB16B00B5 In plain English, that stands for "BIG BOOBS".