GREP searches the named input files (or standard input if no files are named, or the file name `-' is given) for lines containing a match to the given pattern. By default, GREP prints the matching lines. There are three major variants of GREP, controlled by the following options.
In addition, two variant programs EGREP and FGREP are available. EGREP is similar (but not identical) to `grep -E', and is compatible with the historical Unix EGREP. FGREP is the same as `grep -F'.
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