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What is egrep in unix?

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13y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

egrep (or grep -E) allows the user to specify a pattern match using a regular expression pattern in the search. Regular expressions allow for a much wider search pattern, looking for patterns instead of just simple character sequences.

The grep family of utilities is used to search for content within files that match a certain criteria.

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