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<h1 class="settitle">grep, print lines matching a pattern</h1>
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<h2 class="unnumbered">Grep</h2>

<p><samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> searches for lines matching a pattern.

   <p>This document was produced for version 2.5 of <span class="sc">gnu</span>
<samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp>.

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<li><a accesskey="1" href="#Introduction">Introduction</a>:                 Introduction. 
<li><a accesskey="2" href="#Invoking">Invoking</a>:                     Invoking <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp>; description of options. 
<li><a accesskey="3" href="#Diagnostics">Diagnostics</a>:                  Exit status returned by <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp>. 
<li><a accesskey="4" href="#Grep-Programs">Grep Programs</a>:                <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> programs. 
<li><a accesskey="5" href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a>:          Regular Expressions. 
<li><a accesskey="6" href="#Usage">Usage</a>:                        Examples. 
<li><a accesskey="7" href="#Reporting-Bugs">Reporting Bugs</a>:               Reporting Bugs. 
<li><a accesskey="8" href="#Copying">Copying</a>:                      License terms. 
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<h2 class="chapter">1 Introduction</h2>

<p><a name="index-Searching-for-a-pattern_002e-1"></a>
<samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> searches the input files
for lines containing a match to a given
pattern list.  When it finds a match in a line, it copies the line to standard
output (by default), or does whatever other sort of output you have requested
with options.

   <p>Though <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> expects to do the matching on text,
it has no limits on input line length other than available memory,
and it can match arbitrary characters within a line. 
If the final byte of an input file is not a newline,
<samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> silently supplies one. 
Since newline is also a separator for the list of patterns, there
is no way to match newline characters in a text.

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<h2 class="chapter">2 Invoking <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp></h2>

<p><samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> comes with a rich set of options from <span class="sc">posix.2</span> and <span class="sc">gnu</span>
extensions.

     <dl>
<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-c</span></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--count</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002dc-2"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dcount-3"></a><a name="index-counting-lines-4"></a>Suppress normal output; instead print a count of matching
lines for each input file.  With the `<samp><span class="samp">-v</span></samp>', `<samp><span class="samp">--invert-match</span></samp>' option,
count non-matching lines.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-e </span><var>pattern</var></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--regexp=</span><var>pattern</var></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002de-5"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dregexp_003d_0040var_007bpattern_007d-6"></a><a name="index-pattern-list-7"></a>Use <var>pattern</var> as the pattern; useful to protect patterns
beginning with a `<samp><span class="samp">-</span></samp>'.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-f </span><var>file</var></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--file=</span><var>file</var></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002df-8"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dfile-9"></a><a name="index-pattern-from-file-10"></a>Obtain patterns from <var>file</var>, one per line.  The empty
file contains zero patterns, and therefore matches nothing.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-i</span></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--ignore-case</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002di-11"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dignore_002dcase-12"></a><a name="index-case-insensitive-search-13"></a>Ignore case distinctions in both the pattern and the input files.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-l</span></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--files-with-matches</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002dl-14"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dfiles_002dwith_002dmatches-15"></a><a name="index-names-of-matching-files-16"></a>Suppress normal output; instead print the name of each input
file from which output would normally have been printed. 
The scanning of every file will stop on the first match.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-n</span></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--line-number</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002dn-17"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dline_002dnumber-18"></a><a name="index-line-numbering-19"></a>Prefix each line of output with the line number within its input file.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-o</span></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--only-matching</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002do-20"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002donly_002dmatching-21"></a><a name="index-only-matching-22"></a>Print only the part of matching lines that actually matches <var>pattern</var>.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-q</span></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--quiet</span></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--silent</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002dq-23"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dquiet-24"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dsilent-25"></a><a name="index-quiet_002c-silent-26"></a>Quiet; do not write anything to standard output.  Exit immediately with
zero status if any match is found, even if an error was detected.  Also
see the `<samp><span class="samp">-s</span></samp>' or `<samp><span class="samp">--no-messages</span></samp>' option.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-s</span></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--no-messages</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002ds-27"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dno_002dmessages-28"></a><a name="index-suppress-error-messages-29"></a>Suppress error messages about nonexistent or unreadable files. 
Portability note: unlike <span class="sc">gnu</span> <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp>, traditional
<samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> did not conform to <span class="sc">posix.2</span>, because traditional
<samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> lacked a `<samp><span class="samp">-q</span></samp>' option and its `<samp><span class="samp">-s</span></samp>' option behaved
like <span class="sc">gnu</span> <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp>'s `<samp><span class="samp">-q</span></samp>' option.  Shell scripts intended
to be portable to traditional <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> should avoid both
`<samp><span class="samp">-q</span></samp>' and `<samp><span class="samp">-s</span></samp>' and should redirect
output to <samp><span class="file">/dev/null</span></samp> instead.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-v</span></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--invert-match</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002dv-30"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dinvert_002dmatch-31"></a><a name="index-invert-matching-32"></a><a name="index-print-non_002dmatching-lines-33"></a>Invert the sense of matching, to select non-matching lines.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-x</span></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--line-regexp</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002dx-34"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dline_002dregexp-35"></a><a name="index-match-the-whole-line-36"></a>Select only those matches that exactly match the whole line.

   </dl>

<h3 class="section">2.1 <span class="sc">gnu</span> Extensions</h3>

     <dl>
<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-A </span><var>num</var></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--after-context=</span><var>num</var></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002dA-37"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dafter_002dcontext-38"></a><a name="index-after-context-39"></a><a name="index-context-lines_002c-after-match-40"></a>Print <var>num</var> lines of trailing context after matching lines.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-B </span><var>num</var></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--before-context=</span><var>num</var></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002dB-41"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dbefore_002dcontext-42"></a><a name="index-before-context-43"></a><a name="index-context-lines_002c-before-match-44"></a>Print <var>num</var> lines of leading context before matching lines.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-C </span><var>num</var></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--context=</span><var>num</var></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002dC-45"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dcontext-46"></a><a name="index-context-47"></a>Print <var>num</var> lines of output context.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--colour[=</span><var>WHEN</var><span class="samp">]</span></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--color[=</span><var>WHEN</var><span class="samp">]</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dcolour-48"></a><a name="index-highlight_002c-color_002c-colour-49"></a>The matching string is surrounded by the marker specify in <var>GREP_COLOR</var>. 
<var>WHEN</var> may be `never', `always', or `auto'.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-</span><var>num</var></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002dNUM-50"></a>Same as `<samp><span class="samp">--context=</span><var>num</var></samp>' lines of leading and trailing
context.  However, grep will never print any given line more than once.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-V</span></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--version</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002dV-51"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dversion-52"></a><a name="index-Version_002c-printing-53"></a>Print the version number of <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> to the standard output stream. 
This version number should be included in all bug reports.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--help</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dhelp-54"></a><a name="index-Usage-summary_002c-printing-55"></a>Print a usage message briefly summarizing these command-line options
and the bug-reporting address, then exit.

     <dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--binary-files=</span><var>type</var></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dbinary_002dfiles-56"></a><a name="index-binary-files-57"></a>If the first few bytes of a file indicate that the file contains binary
data, assume that the file is of type <var>type</var>.  By default,
<var>type</var> is `<samp><span class="samp">binary</span></samp>', and <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> normally outputs either
a one-line message saying that a binary file matches, or no message if
there is no match.  If <var>type</var> is `<samp><span class="samp">without-match</span></samp>',
<samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> assumes that a binary file does not match;
this is equivalent to the `<samp><span class="samp">-I</span></samp>' option.  If <var>type</var>
is `<samp><span class="samp">text</span></samp>', <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> processes a binary file as if it were
text; this is equivalent to the `<samp><span class="samp">-a</span></samp>' option. 
<em>Warning:</em> `<samp><span class="samp">--binary-files=text</span></samp>' might output binary garbage,
which can have nasty side effects if the output is a terminal and if the
terminal driver interprets some of it as commands.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-b</span></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--byte-offset</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002db-58"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dbyte_002doffset-59"></a><a name="index-byte-offset-60"></a>Print the byte offset within the input file before each line of output. 
When <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> runs on <span class="sc">ms-dos</span> or MS-Windows, the printed
byte offsets
depend on whether the `<samp><span class="samp">-u</span></samp>' (`<samp><span class="samp">--unix-byte-offsets</span></samp>') option is
used; see below.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-D </span><var>action</var></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--devices=</span><var>action</var></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002dD-61"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002ddevices-62"></a><a name="index-device-search-63"></a>If an input file is a device, FIFO or socket, use <var>action</var> to process it. 
By default, <var>action</var> is `<samp><span class="samp">read</span></samp>', which means that devices are
read just as if they were ordinary files. 
If <var>action</var> is `<samp><span class="samp">skip</span></samp>', devices, FIFOs and sockets are silently
skipped.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-d </span><var>action</var></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--directories=</span><var>action</var></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002dd-64"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002ddirectories-65"></a><a name="index-directory-search-66"></a>If an input file is a directory, use <var>action</var> to process it. 
By default, <var>action</var> is `<samp><span class="samp">read</span></samp>', which means that directories are
read just as if they were ordinary files (some operating systems
and filesystems disallow this, and will cause <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> to print error
messages for every directory or silently skip them). If <var>action</var> is
`<samp><span class="samp">skip</span></samp>', directories are silently skipped.  If <var>action</var> is
`<samp><span class="samp">recurse</span></samp>', <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> reads all files under each directory,
recursively; this is equivalent to the `<samp><span class="samp">-r</span></samp>' option.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-H</span></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--with-filename</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002dH-67"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dWith_002dfilename-68"></a><a name="index-with-filename-prefix-69"></a>Print the filename for each match.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-h</span></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--no-filename</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002dh-70"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dno_002dfilename-71"></a><a name="index-no-filename-prefix-72"></a>Suppress the prefixing of filenames on output when multiple files are searched.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--line-buffered</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dline_002dbuffered-73"></a><a name="index-line-buffering-74"></a>Set the line buffering policy, this can be a performance penality.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--label=</span><var>LABEL</var></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dlabel-75"></a><a name="index-changing-name-of-standard-input-76"></a>Displays input actually coming from standard input as input coming from file
<var>LABEL</var>. This is especially useful for tools like zgrep, e.g. 
<samp><span class="command">gzip -cd foo.gz |grep --label=foo something</span></samp>

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-L</span></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--files-without-match</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002dL-77"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dfiles_002dwithout_002dmatch-78"></a><a name="index-files-which-don_0027t-match-79"></a>Suppress normal output; instead print the name of each input
file from which no output would normally have been printed. 
The scanning of every file will stop on the first match.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-a</span></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--text</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002da-80"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dtext-81"></a><a name="index-suppress-binary-data-82"></a><a name="index-binary-files-83"></a>Process a binary file as if it were text; this is equivalent to the
`<samp><span class="samp">--binary-files=text</span></samp>' option.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-I</span></samp>'<dd>Process a binary file as if it did not contain matching data; this is
equivalent to the `<samp><span class="samp">--binary-files=without-match</span></samp>' option.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-w</span></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--word-regexp</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002dw-84"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dword_002dregexp-85"></a><a name="index-matching-whole-words-86"></a>Select only those lines containing matches that form
whole words.  The test is that the matching substring
must either be at the beginning of the line, or preceded
by a non-word constituent character.  Similarly,
it must be either at the end of the line or followed by
a non-word constituent character.  Word-constituent
characters are letters, digits, and the underscore.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-r</span></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-R</span></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--recursive</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002dr-87"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002drecursive-88"></a><a name="index-recursive-search-89"></a><a name="index-searching-directory-trees-90"></a>For each directory mentioned in the command line, read and process all
files in that directory, recursively.  This is the same as the
`<samp><span class="samp">--directories=recurse</span></samp>' option.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--include=</span><var>file_pattern</var></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dinclude-91"></a><a name="index-include-files-92"></a><a name="index-searching-directory-trees-93"></a>When processing directories recursively, only files matching <var>file_pattern</var>
will be search.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--exclude=</span><var>file_pattern</var></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dexclude-94"></a><a name="index-exclude-files-95"></a><a name="index-searching-directory-trees-96"></a>When processing directories recursively, skip files matching <var>file_pattern</var>.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-m </span><var>num</var></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--max-count=</span><var>num</var></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002dm-97"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dmax_002dcount-98"></a><a name="index-max_002dcount-99"></a>Stop reading a file after <var>num</var> matching lines.  If the input is
standard input from a regular file, and <var>num</var> matching lines are
output, <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> ensures that the standard input is positioned to
just after the last matching line before exiting, regardless of the
presence of trailing context lines.  This enables a calling process
to resume a search.  For example, the following shell script makes use
of it:

     <pre class="example">          while grep -m 1 PATTERN
          do
            echo xxxx
          done &lt; FILE
     </pre>
     <p>But the following probably will not work because a pipe is not a regular
file:

     <pre class="example">          # This probably will not work.
          cat FILE |
          while grep -m 1 PATTERN
          do
            echo xxxx
          done
     </pre>
     <p>When <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> stops after NUM matching lines, it outputs
any trailing context lines. Since context does not include matching
lines, <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> will stop when it encounters another matching line. 
When the `<samp><span class="samp">-c</span></samp>' or `<samp><span class="samp">--count</span></samp>' option is also used,
<samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> does not output a count greater than <var>num</var>. 
When the `<samp><span class="samp">-v</span></samp>' or `<samp><span class="samp">--invert-match</span></samp>' option is
also used, <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> stops after outputting <var>num</var>
non-matching lines.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-y</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002dy-100"></a><a name="index-case-insensitive-search_002c-obsolete-option-101"></a>Obsolete synonym for `<samp><span class="samp">-i</span></samp>'.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-U</span></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--binary</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002dU-102"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dbinary-103"></a><a name="index-DOS_002fWindows-binary-files-104"></a><a name="index-binary-files_002c-DOS_002fWindows-105"></a>Treat the file(s) as binary.  By default, under <span class="sc">ms-dos</span>
and MS-Windows, <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> guesses the file type by looking
at the contents of the first 32kB read from the file. 
If <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> decides the file is a text file, it strips the
<code>CR</code> characters from the original file contents (to make
regular expressions with <code>^</code> and <code>$</code> work correctly). 
Specifying `<samp><span class="samp">-U</span></samp>' overrules this guesswork, causing all
files to be read and passed to the matching mechanism
verbatim; if the file is a text file with <code>CR/LF</code> pairs
at the end of each line, this will cause some regular
expressions to fail.  This option has no effect on platforms other than
<span class="sc">ms-dos</span> and MS-Windows.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-u</span></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--unix-byte-offsets</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002du-106"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dunix_002dbyte_002doffsets-107"></a><a name="index-DOS-byte-offsets-108"></a><a name="index-byte-offsets_002c-on-DOS_002fWindows-109"></a>Report Unix-style byte offsets.  This switch causes
<samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> to report byte offsets as if the file were Unix style
text file, i.e., the byte offsets ignore the <code>CR</code> characters which were
stripped.  This will produce results identical to running <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> on
a Unix machine.  This option has no effect unless `<samp><span class="samp">-b</span></samp>'
option is also used; it has no effect on platforms other than <span class="sc">ms-dos</span> and
MS-Windows.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--mmap</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dmmap-110"></a><a name="index-memory-mapped-input-111"></a>If possible, use the <code>mmap</code> system call to read input, instead of
the default <code>read</code> system call.  In some situations, `<samp><span class="samp">--mmap</span></samp>'
yields better performance.  However, `<samp><span class="samp">--mmap</span></samp>' can cause undefined
behavior (including core dumps) if an input file shrinks while
<samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> is operating, or if an I/O error occurs.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-Z</span></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--null</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002dZ-112"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dnull-113"></a><a name="index-zero_002dterminated-file-names-114"></a>Output a zero byte (the <span class="sc">ascii</span> <code>NUL</code> character) instead of the
character that normally follows a file name.  For example, `<samp><span class="samp">grep
-lZ</span></samp>' outputs a zero byte after each file name instead of the usual
newline.  This option makes the output unambiguous, even in the presence
of file names containing unusual characters like newlines.  This option
can be used with commands like `<samp><span class="samp">find -print0</span></samp>', `<samp><span class="samp">perl -0</span></samp>',
`<samp><span class="samp">sort -z</span></samp>', and `<samp><span class="samp">xargs -0</span></samp>' to process arbitrary file names,
even those that contain newline characters.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-z</span></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--null-data</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002dz-115"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dnull_002ddata-116"></a><a name="index-zero_002dterminated-lines-117"></a>Treat the input as a set of lines, each terminated by a zero byte (the
<span class="sc">ascii</span> <code>NUL</code> character) instead of a newline.  Like the `<samp><span class="samp">-Z</span></samp>'
or `<samp><span class="samp">--null</span></samp>' option, this option can be used with commands like
`<samp><span class="samp">sort -z</span></samp>' to process arbitrary file names.

</dl>

   <p>Several additional options control which variant of the <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp>
matching engine is used.  See <a href="#Grep-Programs">Grep Programs</a>.

<h3 class="section">2.2 Environment Variables</h3>

<p>Grep's behavior is affected by the following environment variables.

   <p>A locale <code>LC_</code><var>foo</var> is specified by examining the three
environment variables <samp><span class="env">LC_ALL</span></samp>, <samp><span class="env">LC_</span><var>foo</var></samp>, and <samp><span class="env">LANG</span></samp>,
in that order.  The first of these variables that is set specifies the
locale.  For example, if <samp><span class="env">LC_ALL</span></samp> is not set, but <samp><span class="env">LC_MESSAGES</span></samp>
is set to `<samp><span class="samp">pt_BR</span></samp>', then Brazilian Portuguese is used for the
<code>LC_MESSAGES</code> locale.  The C locale is used if none of these
environment variables are set, or if the locale catalog is not
installed, or if <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> was not compiled with national language
support (<span class="sc">nls</span>).

   <p><a name="index-environment-variables-118"></a>
     <dl>
<dt><samp><span class="env">GREP_OPTIONS</span></samp><dd><a name="index-GREP_005fOPTIONS-119"></a><a name="index-default-options-environment-variable-120"></a>This variable specifies default options to be placed in front of any
explicit options.  For example, if <code>GREP_OPTIONS</code> is
`<samp><span class="samp">--binary-files=without-match --directories=skip</span></samp>', <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp>
behaves as if the two options `<samp><span class="samp">--binary-files=without-match</span></samp>' and
`<samp><span class="samp">--directories=skip</span></samp>' had been specified before
any explicit options.  Option specifications are separated by
whitespace.  A backslash escapes the next character, so it can be used to
specify an option containing whitespace or a backslash.

     <br><dt><samp><span class="env">GREP_COLOR</span></samp><dd><a name="index-GREP_005fCOLOR-121"></a><a name="index-highlight-markers-122"></a>This variable specifies the surrounding markers use to highlight the matching
text.  The default is control ascii red.

     <br><dt><samp><span class="env">LC_ALL</span></samp><dt><samp><span class="env">LC_COLLATE</span></samp><dt><samp><span class="env">LANG</span></samp><dd><a name="index-LC_005fALL-123"></a><a name="index-LC_005fCOLLATE-124"></a><a name="index-LANG-125"></a><a name="index-character-type-126"></a><a name="index-national-language-support-127"></a><a name="index-NLS-128"></a>These variables specify the <code>LC_COLLATE</code> locale, which determines
the collating sequence used to interpret range expressions like
`<samp><span class="samp">[a-z]</span></samp>'.

     <br><dt><samp><span class="env">LC_ALL</span></samp><dt><samp><span class="env">LC_CTYPE</span></samp><dt><samp><span class="env">LANG</span></samp><dd><a name="index-LC_005fALL-129"></a><a name="index-LC_005fCTYPE-130"></a><a name="index-LANG-131"></a><a name="index-character-type-132"></a><a name="index-national-language-support-133"></a><a name="index-NLS-134"></a>These variables specify the <code>LC_CTYPE</code> locale, which determines the
type of characters, e.g., which characters are whitespace.

     <br><dt><samp><span class="env">LC_ALL</span></samp><dt><samp><span class="env">LC_MESSAGES</span></samp><dt><samp><span class="env">LANG</span></samp><dd><a name="index-LC_005fALL-135"></a><a name="index-LC_005fMESSAGES-136"></a><a name="index-LANG-137"></a><a name="index-language-of-messages-138"></a><a name="index-message-language-139"></a><a name="index-national-language-support-140"></a><a name="index-NLS-141"></a><a name="index-translation-of-message-language-142"></a>These variables specify the <code>LC_MESSAGES</code> locale, which determines
the language that <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> uses for messages.  The default C
locale uses American English messages.

     <br><dt><samp><span class="env">POSIXLY_CORRECT</span></samp><dd><a name="index-POSIXLY_005fCORRECT-143"></a>If set, <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> behaves as <span class="sc">posix.2</span> requires; otherwise,
<samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> behaves more like other <span class="sc">gnu</span> programs.  <span class="sc">posix.2</span>
requires that options that
follow file names must be treated as file names; by default, such
options are permuted to the front of the operand list and are treated as
options.  Also, <span class="sc">posix.2</span> requires that unrecognized options be
diagnosed as
&ldquo;illegal&rdquo;, but since they are not really against the law the default
is to diagnose them as &ldquo;invalid&rdquo;.  <code>POSIXLY_CORRECT</code> also
disables <code>_</code><var>N</var><code>_GNU_nonoption_argv_flags_</code>, described below.

     <br><dt><samp><span class="env">_</span><var>N</var><span class="env">_GNU_nonoption_argv_flags_</span></samp><dd><a name="index-g_t_005f_0040var_007bN_007d_005fGNU_005fnonoption_005fargv_005fflags_005f-144"></a>(Here <var>N</var> is <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp>'s numeric process ID.)  If the
<var>i</var>th character of this environment variable's value is `<samp><span class="samp">1</span></samp>', do
not consider the <var>i</var>th operand of <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> to be an option, even if
it appears to be one.  A shell can put this variable in the environment
for each command it runs, specifying which operands are the results of
file name wildcard expansion and therefore should not be treated as
options.  This behavior is available only with the <span class="sc">gnu</span> C library, and
only when <code>POSIXLY_CORRECT</code> is not set.

   </dl>

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<h2 class="chapter">3 Diagnostics</h2>

<p>Normally, exit status is 0 if selected lines are found and 1 otherwise. 
But the exit status is 2 if an error occurred, unless the <samp><span class="option">-q</span></samp> or
<samp><span class="option">--quiet</span></samp> or <samp><span class="option">--silent</span></samp> option is used and a selected line
is found.

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<h2 class="chapter">4 <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> programs</h2>

<p><samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> searches the named input files (or standard input if no
files are named, or the file name <samp><span class="file">-</span></samp> is given) for lines containing
a match to the given pattern.  By default, <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> prints the
matching lines.  There are four major variants of <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp>,
controlled by the following options.

     <dl>
<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-G</span></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--basic-regexp</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002dG-145"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dbasic_002dregexp-146"></a><a name="index-matching-basic-regular-expressions-147"></a>Interpret the pattern as a basic regular expression.  This is the default.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-E</span></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--extended-regexp</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002dE-148"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dextended_002dregexp-149"></a><a name="index-matching-extended-regular-expressions-150"></a>Interpret the pattern as an extended regular expression.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-F</span></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--fixed-strings</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002dF-151"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dfixed_002dstrings-152"></a><a name="index-matching-fixed-strings-153"></a>Interpret the pattern as a list of fixed strings, separated
by newlines, any of which is to be matched.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-P</span></samp>'<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">--perl-regexp</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002dP-154"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002dperl_002dregexp-155"></a><a name="index-matching-Perl-regular-expressions-156"></a>Interpret the pattern as a Perl regular expression.

   </dl>

   <p>In addition, two variant programs <span class="sc">egrep</span> and <span class="sc">fgrep</span> are available. 
<span class="sc">egrep</span> is the same as `<samp><span class="samp">grep -E</span></samp>'.  <span class="sc">fgrep</span> is the
same as `<samp><span class="samp">grep -F</span></samp>'.

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<h2 class="chapter">5 Regular Expressions</h2>

<p><a name="index-regular-expressions-157"></a>
A <dfn>regular expression</dfn> is a pattern that describes a set of strings. 
Regular expressions are constructed analogously to arithmetic expressions,
by using various operators to combine smaller expressions. 
<samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> understands two different versions of regular expression
syntax: &ldquo;basic&rdquo;(BRE) and &ldquo;extended&rdquo;(ERE).  In <span class="sc">gnu</span> <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp>,
there is no difference in available functionality using either syntax. 
In other implementations, basic regular expressions are less powerful. 
The following description applies to extended regular expressions;
differences for basic regular expressions are summarized afterwards.

   <p>The fundamental building blocks are the regular expressions that match
a single character.  Most characters, including all letters and digits,
are regular expressions that match themselves.  Any metacharacter
with special meaning may be quoted by preceding it with a backslash.

   <p>A regular expression may be followed by one of several
repetition operators:

     <dl>
<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">.</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002e-158"></a><a name="index-dot-159"></a><a name="index-period-160"></a>The period `<samp><span class="samp">.</span></samp>' matches any single character.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">?</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_003f-161"></a><a name="index-question-mark-162"></a><a name="index-match-sub_002dexpression-at-most-once-163"></a>The preceding item is optional and will be matched at most once.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">*</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002a-164"></a><a name="index-asterisk-165"></a><a name="index-match-sub_002dexpression-zero-or-more-times-166"></a>The preceding item will be matched zero or more times.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">+</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_002b-167"></a><a name="index-plus-sign-168"></a>The preceding item will be matched one or more times.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">{</span><var>n</var><span class="samp">}</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_0040_007bn_0040_007d-169"></a><a name="index-braces_002c-one-argument-170"></a><a name="index-match-sub_002dexpression-n-times-171"></a>The preceding item is matched exactly <var>n</var> times.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">{</span><var>n</var><span class="samp">,}</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_0040_007bn_002c_0040_007d-172"></a><a name="index-braces_002c-second-argument-omitted-173"></a><a name="index-match-sub_002dexpression-n-or-more-times-174"></a>The preceding item is matched n or more times.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">{</span><var>n</var><span class="samp">,</span><var>m</var><span class="samp">}</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-g_t_0040_007bn_002cm_0040_007d-175"></a><a name="index-braces_002c-two-arguments-176"></a>The preceding item is matched at least <var>n</var> times, but not more than
<var>m</var> times.

   </dl>

   <p>Two regular expressions may be concatenated; the resulting regular
expression matches any string formed by concatenating two substrings
that respectively match the concatenated subexpressions.

   <p>Two regular expressions may be joined by the infix operator `<samp><span class="samp">|</span></samp>'; the
resulting regular expression matches any string matching either subexpression.

   <p>Repetition takes precedence over concatenation, which in turn
takes precedence over alternation.  A whole subexpression may be
enclosed in parentheses to override these precedence rules.

<h3 class="section">5.1 Character Class</h3>

<p><a name="index-bracket-expression-177"></a><a name="index-character-class-178"></a>A <dfn>bracket expression</dfn> is a list of characters enclosed by `<samp><span class="samp">[</span></samp>' and
`<samp><span class="samp">]</span></samp>'.  It matches any single character in that list; if the first
character of the list is the caret `<samp><span class="samp">^</span></samp>', then it matches any character
<strong>not</strong> in the list.  For example, the regular expression
`<samp><span class="samp">[0123456789]</span></samp>' matches any single digit.

   <p><a name="index-range-expression-179"></a>Within a bracket expression, a <dfn>range expression</dfn> consists of two
characters separated by a hyphen.  It matches any single character that
sorts between the two characters, inclusive, using the locale's
collating sequence and character set.  For example, in the default C
locale, `<samp><span class="samp">[a-d]</span></samp>' is equivalent to `<samp><span class="samp">[abcd]</span></samp>'.  Many locales sort
characters in dictionary order, and in these locales `<samp><span class="samp">[a-d]</span></samp>' is
typically not equivalent to `<samp><span class="samp">[abcd]</span></samp>'; it might be equivalent to
`<samp><span class="samp">[aBbCcDd]</span></samp>', for example.  To obtain the traditional interpretation
of bracket expressions, you can use the C locale by setting the
<samp><span class="env">LC_ALL</span></samp> environment variable to the value `<samp><span class="samp">C</span></samp>'.

   <p>Finally, certain named classes of characters are predefined within
bracket expressions, as follows. 
Their interpretation depends on the <code>LC_CTYPE</code> locale; the
interpretation below is that of the C locale, which is the default
if no <code>LC_CTYPE</code> locale is specified.

   <p><a name="index-classes-of-characters-180"></a><a name="index-character-classes-181"></a>
     <dl>
<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">[:alnum:]</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-alnum-182"></a><a name="index-alphanumeric-characters-183"></a>Alphanumeric characters:
`<samp><span class="samp">[:alpha:]</span></samp>' and `<samp><span class="samp">[:digit:]</span></samp>'.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">[:alpha:]</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-alpha-184"></a><a name="index-alphabetic-characters-185"></a>Alphabetic characters:
`<samp><span class="samp">[:lower:]</span></samp>' and `<samp><span class="samp">[:upper:]</span></samp>'.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">[:blank:]</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-blank-186"></a><a name="index-blank-characters-187"></a>Blank characters:
space and tab.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">[:cntrl:]</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-cntrl-188"></a><a name="index-control-characters-189"></a>Control characters.  In <span class="sc">ascii</span>, these characters have octal codes 000
through 037, and 177 (<code>DEL</code>).  In other character sets, these are
the equivalent characters, if any.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">[:digit:]</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-digit-190"></a><a name="index-digit-characters-191"></a><a name="index-numeric-characters-192"></a>Digits: <code>0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9</code>.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">[:graph:]</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-graph-193"></a><a name="index-graphic-characters-194"></a>Graphical characters:
`<samp><span class="samp">[:alnum:]</span></samp>' and `<samp><span class="samp">[:punct:]</span></samp>'.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">[:lower:]</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-lower-195"></a><a name="index-lower_002dcase-letters-196"></a>Lower-case letters:
<code>a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z</code>.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">[:print:]</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-print-197"></a><a name="index-printable-characters-198"></a>Printable characters:
`<samp><span class="samp">[:alnum:]</span></samp>', `<samp><span class="samp">[:punct:]</span></samp>', and space.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">[:punct:]</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-punct-199"></a><a name="index-punctuation-characters-200"></a>Punctuation characters:
<code>! " # $ % &amp; ' ( ) * + , - . / : ; &lt; = &gt; ? @ [ \ ] ^ _ ` { | } ~</code>.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">[:space:]</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-space-201"></a><a name="index-space-characters-202"></a><a name="index-whitespace-characters-203"></a>Space characters:
tab, newline, vertical tab, form feed, carriage return, and space.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">[:upper:]</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-upper-204"></a><a name="index-upper_002dcase-letters-205"></a>Upper-case letters:
<code>A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z</code>.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">[:xdigit:]</span></samp>'<dd><a name="index-xdigit-206"></a><a name="index-xdigit-class-207"></a><a name="index-hexadecimal-digits-208"></a>Hexadecimal digits:
<code>0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F a b c d e f</code>.

   </dl>
   For example, `<samp><span class="samp">[[:alnum:]]</span></samp>' means `<samp><span class="samp">[0-9A-Za-z]</span></samp>', except the latter
depends upon the C locale and the <span class="sc">ascii</span> character
encoding, whereas the former is independent of locale and character set. 
(Note that the brackets in these class names are
part of the symbolic names, and must be included in addition to
the brackets delimiting the bracket list.)

   <p>Most metacharacters lose their special meaning inside lists.

     <dl>
<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">]</span></samp>'<dd>ends the list if it's not the first list item.  So, if you want to make
the `<samp><span class="samp">]</span></samp>' character a list item, you must put it first.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">[.</span></samp>'<dd>represents the open collating symbol.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">.]</span></samp>'<dd>represents the close collating symbol.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">[=</span></samp>'<dd>represents the open equivalence class.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">=]</span></samp>'<dd>represents the close equivalence class.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">[:</span></samp>'<dd>represents the open character class followed by a valid character class name.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">:]</span></samp>'<dd>represents the close character class followed by a valid character class name.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">-</span></samp>'<dd>represents the range if it's not first or last in a list or the ending point
of a range.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">^</span></samp>'<dd>represents the characters not in the list.  If you want to make the `<samp><span class="samp">^</span></samp>'
character a list item, place it anywhere but first.

   </dl>

<h3 class="section">5.2 Backslash Character</h3>

<p><a name="index-backslash-209"></a>
The `<samp><span class="samp">\</span></samp>' when followed by certain ordinary characters take a special
meaning :

     <dl>
<dt>`<samp><span class="samp">`<samp></span><span class="samp">\b</span><span class="samp"></samp>'</span></samp>'<dd>Match the empty string at the edge of a word.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">`<samp></span><span class="samp">\B</span><span class="samp"></samp>'</span></samp>'<dd>Match the empty string provided it's not at the edge of a word.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">`<samp></span><span class="samp">\&lt;</span><span class="samp"></samp>'</span></samp>'<dd>Match the empty string at the beginning of word.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">`<samp></span><span class="samp">\&gt;</span><span class="samp"></samp>'</span></samp>'<dd>Match the empty string at the end of word.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">`<samp></span><span class="samp">\w</span><span class="samp"></samp>'</span></samp>'<dd>Match word constituent, it is a synonym for `<samp><span class="samp">[[:alnum:]]</span></samp>'.

     <br><dt>`<samp><span class="samp">`<samp></span><span class="samp">\W</span><span class="samp"></samp>'</span></samp>'<dd>Match non word constituent, it is a synonym for `<samp><span class="samp">[^[:alnum:]]</span></samp>'.

   </dl>

   <p>For example , `<samp><span class="samp">\brat\b</span></samp>' matches the separate word `<samp><span class="samp">rat</span></samp>',
`<samp><span class="samp">c\Brat\Be</span></samp>' matches `<samp><span class="samp">crate</span></samp>', but `<samp><span class="samp">dirty \Brat</span></samp>' doesn't
match `<samp><span class="samp">dirty rat</span></samp>'.

<h3 class="section">5.3 Anchoring</h3>

<p><a name="index-anchoring-210"></a>
The caret `<samp><span class="samp">^</span></samp>' and the dollar sign `<samp><span class="samp">$</span></samp>' are metacharacters that
respectively match the empty string at the beginning and end of a line.

<h3 class="section">5.4 Back-reference</h3>

<p><a name="index-back_002dreference-211"></a>
The back-reference `<samp><span class="samp">\</span><var>n</var></samp>', where <var>n</var> is a single digit, matches
the substring previously matched by the <var>n</var>th parenthesized subexpression
of the regular expression. For example, `<samp><span class="samp">(a)\1</span></samp>' matches `<samp><span class="samp">aa</span></samp>'. 
When use with alternation if the group does not participate in the match, then
the back-reference makes the whole match fail.  For example, `<samp><span class="samp">a(.)|b\1</span></samp>'
will not match `<samp><span class="samp">ba</span></samp>'.  When multiple regular expressions are given with
`<samp><span class="samp">-e</span></samp>' or from a file `<samp><span class="samp">-f file</span></samp>', the back-referecences are local to
each expression.

<h3 class="section">5.5 Basic vs Extended</h3>

<p><a name="index-basic-regular-expressions-212"></a>
In basic regular expressions the metacharacters `<samp><span class="samp">?</span></samp>', `<samp><span class="samp">+</span></samp>',
`<samp><span class="samp">{</span></samp>', `<samp><span class="samp">|</span></samp>', `<samp><span class="samp">(</span></samp>', and `<samp><span class="samp">)</span></samp>' lose their special meaning;
instead use the backslashed versions `<samp><span class="samp">\?</span></samp>', `<samp><span class="samp">\+</span></samp>', `<samp><span class="samp">\{</span></samp>',
`<samp><span class="samp">\|</span></samp>', `<samp><span class="samp">\(</span></samp>', and `<samp><span class="samp">\)</span></samp>'.

   <p><a name="index-interval-specifications-213"></a>Traditional <samp><span class="command">egrep</span></samp> did not support the `<samp><span class="samp">{</span></samp>' metacharacter,
and some <samp><span class="command">egrep</span></samp> implementations support `<samp><span class="samp">\{</span></samp>' instead, so
portable scripts should avoid `<samp><span class="samp">{</span></samp>' in `<samp><span class="samp">egrep</span></samp>' patterns and
should use `<samp><span class="samp">[{]</span></samp>' to match a literal `<samp><span class="samp">{</span></samp>'.

   <p><span class="sc">gnu</span> <samp><span class="command">egrep</span></samp> attempts to support traditional usage by
assuming that `<samp><span class="samp">{</span></samp>' is not special if it would be the start of an
invalid interval specification.  For example, the shell command
`<samp><span class="samp">egrep '{1'</span></samp>' searches for the two-character string `<samp><span class="samp">{1</span></samp>'
instead of reporting a syntax error in the regular expression. 
<span class="sc">posix.2</span> allows this behavior as an extension, but portable scripts
should avoid it.

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<h2 class="chapter">6 Usage</h2>

<p><a name="index-Usage_002c-examples-214"></a>Here is an example shell command that invokes <span class="sc">gnu</span> <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp>:

<pre class="example">     grep -i 'hello.*world' menu.h main.c
</pre>
   <p class="noindent">This lists all lines in the files <samp><span class="file">menu.h</span></samp> and <samp><span class="file">main.c</span></samp> that
contain the string `<samp><span class="samp">hello</span></samp>' followed by the string `<samp><span class="samp">world</span></samp>';
this is because `<samp><span class="samp">.*</span></samp>' matches zero or more characters within a line. 
See <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a>.  The `<samp><span class="samp">-i</span></samp>' option causes <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp>
to ignore case, causing it to match the line `<samp><span class="samp">Hello, world!</span></samp>', which
it would not otherwise match.  See <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a>, for more details about
how to invoke <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp>.

   <p><a name="index-Using-_0040command_007bgrep_007d_002c-Q_0026A-215"></a><a name="index-FAQ-about-_0040command_007bgrep_007d-usage-216"></a>Here are some common questions and answers about <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> usage.

     <ol type=1 start=1>

     <li>How can I list just the names of matching files?

     <pre class="example">          grep -l 'main' *.c
     </pre>
     <p class="noindent">lists the names of all C files in the current directory whose contents
mention `<samp><span class="samp">main</span></samp>'.

     <li>How do I search directories recursively?

     <pre class="example">          grep -r 'hello' /home/gigi
     </pre>
     <p class="noindent">searches for `<samp><span class="samp">hello</span></samp>' in all files under the directory
<samp><span class="file">/home/gigi</span></samp>.  For more control of which files are searched, use
<samp><span class="command">find</span></samp>, <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> and <samp><span class="command">xargs</span></samp>.  For example,
the following command searches only C files:

     <pre class="smallexample">          find /home/gigi -name '*.c' -print | xargs grep 'hello' /dev/null
     </pre>
     <p>This differs from the command:

     <pre class="example">          grep -r 'hello' *.c
     </pre>
     <p>which merely looks for `<samp><span class="samp">hello</span></samp>' in all files in the current
directory whose names end in `<samp><span class="samp">.c</span></samp>'.  Here the <samp><span class="option">-r</span></samp> is
probably unnecessary, as recursion occurs only in the unlikely event
that one of `<samp><span class="samp">.c</span></samp>' files is a directory.

     <li>What if a pattern has a leading `<samp><span class="samp">-</span></samp>'?

     <pre class="example">          grep -e '--cut here--' *
     </pre>
     <p class="noindent">searches for all lines matching `<samp><span class="samp">--cut here--</span></samp>'.  Without `<samp><span class="samp">-e</span></samp>',
<samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> would attempt to parse `<samp><span class="samp">--cut here--</span></samp>' as a list of
options.

     <li>Suppose I want to search for a whole word, not a part of a word?

     <pre class="example">          grep -w 'hello' *
     </pre>
     <p class="noindent">searches only for instances of `<samp><span class="samp">hello</span></samp>' that are entire words; it
does not match `<samp><span class="samp">Othello</span></samp>'.  For more control, use `<samp><span class="samp">\&lt;</span></samp>' and
`<samp><span class="samp">\&gt;</span></samp>' to match the start and end of words.  For example:

     <pre class="example">          grep 'hello\&gt;' *
     </pre>
     <p class="noindent">searches only for words ending in `<samp><span class="samp">hello</span></samp>', so it matches the word
`<samp><span class="samp">Othello</span></samp>'.

     <li>How do I output context around the matching lines?

     <pre class="example">          grep -C 2 'hello' *
     </pre>
     <p class="noindent">prints two lines of context around each matching line.

     <li>How do I force grep to print the name of the file?

     <p>Append <samp><span class="file">/dev/null</span></samp>:

     <pre class="example">          grep 'eli' /etc/passwd /dev/null
     </pre>
     <p>gets you:

     <pre class="smallexample">          /etc/passwd:eli:DNGUTF58.IMe.:98:11:Eli Smith:/home/do/eli:/bin/bash
     </pre>
     <li>Why do people use strange regular expressions on <samp><span class="command">ps</span></samp> output?

     <pre class="example">          ps -ef | grep '[c]ron'
     </pre>
     <p>If the pattern had been written without the square brackets, it would
have matched not only the <samp><span class="command">ps</span></samp> output line for <samp><span class="command">cron</span></samp>,
but also the <samp><span class="command">ps</span></samp> output line for <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp>. 
Note that some platforms <samp><span class="command">ps</span></samp> limit the ouput to the width
of the screen, grep does not have any limit on the length of a line
except the available memory.

     <li>Why does <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> report &ldquo;Binary file matches&rdquo;?

     <p>If <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> listed all matching &ldquo;lines&rdquo; from a binary file, it
would probably generate output that is not useful, and it might even
muck up your display.  So <span class="sc">gnu</span> <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> suppresses output from
files that appear to be binary files.  To force <span class="sc">gnu</span> <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp>
to output lines even from files that appear to be binary, use the
`<samp><span class="samp">-a</span></samp>' or `<samp><span class="samp">--binary-files=text</span></samp>' option.  To eliminate the
&ldquo;Binary file matches&rdquo; messages, use the `<samp><span class="samp">-I</span></samp>' or
`<samp><span class="samp">--binary-files=without-match</span></samp>' option.

     <li>Why doesn't `<samp><span class="samp">grep -lv</span></samp>' print nonmatching file names?

     <p>`<samp><span class="samp">grep -lv</span></samp>' lists the names of all files containing one or more
lines that do not match.  To list the names of all files that contain no
matching lines, use the `<samp><span class="samp">-L</span></samp>' or `<samp><span class="samp">--files-without-match</span></samp>'
option.

     <li>I can do <span class="sc">or</span> with `<samp><span class="samp">|</span></samp>', but what about <span class="sc">and</span>?

     <pre class="example">          grep 'paul' /etc/motd | grep 'franc,ois'
     </pre>
     <p class="noindent">finds all lines that contain both `<samp><span class="samp">paul</span></samp>' and `<samp><span class="samp">franc,ois</span></samp>'.

     <li>How can I search in both standard input and in files?

     <p>Use the special file name `<samp><span class="samp">-</span></samp>':

     <pre class="example">          cat /etc/passwd | grep 'alain' - /etc/motd
     </pre>
     <li><a name="index-palindromes-217"></a>How to express palindromes in a regular expression?

     <p>It can be done by using the back referecences, for example a palindrome
of 4 chararcters can be written in BRE.

     <pre class="example">          grep -w -e '\(.\)\(.\).\2\1' file
     </pre>
     <p>It matches the word "radar" or "civic".

     <p>Guglielmo Bondioni proposed a single RE that finds all the palindromes up to 19
characters long.

     <pre class="example">          egrep -e '^(.?)(.?)(.?)(.?)(.?)(.?)(.?)(.?)(.?).?\9\8\7\6\5\4\3\2\1$' file
     </pre>
     <p>Note this is done by using GNU ERE extensions, it might not be portable on
other greps.

     <li>Why are my expressions whith the vertical bar fail?

     <pre class="example">          /bin/echo "ba" | egrep '(a)\1|(b)\1'
     </pre>
     <p>The first alternate branch fails then the first group was not in the match
this will make the second alternate branch fails.  For example, "aaba" will
match, the first group participate in the match and can be reuse in the
second branch.

     <li>What do <samp><span class="command">grep, fgrep, egrep</span></samp> stand for ?

     <p>grep comes from the way line editing was done on Unix.  For example,
<samp><span class="command">ed</span></samp> uses this syntax to print a list of matching lines on the screen.

     <pre class="example">          global/regular expression/print
          g/re/p
     </pre>
     <p><samp><span class="command">fgrep</span></samp> stands for Fixed <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp>, <samp><span class="command">egrep</span></samp> Extended
<samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp>.

        </ol>

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<h2 class="chapter">7 Reporting bugs</h2>

<p><a name="index-Bugs_002c-reporting-218"></a>Email bug reports to <a href="mailto:bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org">bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org</a>. 
Be sure to include the word &ldquo;grep&rdquo; somewhere in the &ldquo;Subject:&rdquo; field.

   <p>Large repetition counts in the `<samp><span class="samp">{n,m}</span></samp>' construct may cause
<samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> to use lots of memory.  In addition, certain other
obscure regular expressions require exponential time and
space, and may cause grep to run out of memory. 
Back-references are very slow, and may require exponential time.

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<h2 class="chapter">8 Copying</h2>

<p><a name="index-Copying-219"></a>GNU grep is licensed under the GNU GPL, which makes it <dfn>free
software</dfn>.

   <p>Please note that &ldquo;free&rdquo; in &ldquo;free software&rdquo; refers to liberty, not
price.  As some GNU project advocates like to point out, think of &ldquo;free
speech&rdquo; rather than &ldquo;free beer&rdquo;.  The exact and legally binding
distribution terms are spelled out below; in short, you have the right
(freedom) to run and change grep and distribute it to other people, and
even&mdash;if you want&mdash;charge money for doing either.  The important
restriction is that you have to grant your recipients the same rights
and impose the same restrictions.

   <p>This method of licensing software is also known as <dfn>open source</dfn>
because, among other things, it makes sure that all recipients will
receive the source code along with the program, and be able to improve
it.  The GNU project prefers the term &ldquo;free software&rdquo; for reasons
outlined at
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html">http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html</a>.

   <p>The exact license terms are defined by this paragraph and the GNU
General Public License it refers to:

   <blockquote>
GNU grep is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version.

        <p>GNU grep is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
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        <p>A copy of the GNU General Public License is included as part of this
manual; if you did not receive it, write to the Free Software
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   <p>In addition to this, this manual is free in the same sense:

   <blockquote>
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<h3 class="section">8.1 GNU General Public License</h3>

<div align="center">Version 2, June 1991</div>
   <p><a name="index-GPL_002c-GNU-General-Public-License-220"></a>
<pre class="display">     Copyright &copy; 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
     675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
     
     Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
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</pre>
   <h3 class="unnumberedsec">Preamble</h3>

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1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,

          <li>Accompany it with a written offer, valid for at least three
years, to give any third party, for a charge no more than your
cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete
machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to be
distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium
customarily used for software interchange; or,

          <li>Accompany it with the information you received as to the offer
to distribute corresponding source code.  (This alternative is
allowed only for noncommercial distribution and only if you
received the program in object code or executable form with such
an offer, in accord with Subsection b above.)
          </ol>

     <p>The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for
making modifications to it.  For an executable work, complete source
code means all the source code for all modules it contains, plus any
associated interface definition files, plus the scripts used to
control compilation and installation of the executable.  However, as a
special exception, the source code distributed need not include
anything that is normally distributed (in either source or binary
form) with the major components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of the
operating system on which the executable runs, unless that component
itself accompanies the executable.

     <p>If distribution of executable or object code is made by offering
access to copy from a designated place, then offering equivalent
access to copy the source code from the same place counts as
distribution of the source code, even though third parties are not
compelled to copy the source along with the object code.

     <li>You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Program
except as expressly provided under this License.  Any attempt
otherwise to copy, modify, sublicense or distribute the Program is
void, and will automatically terminate your rights under this License. 
However, parties who have received copies, or rights, from you under
this License will not have their licenses terminated so long as such
parties remain in full compliance.

     <li>You are not required to accept this License, since you have not
signed it.  However, nothing else grants you permission to modify or
distribute the Program or its derivative works.  These actions are
prohibited by law if you do not accept this License.  Therefore, by
modifying or distributing the Program (or any work based on the
Program), you indicate your acceptance of this License to do so, and
all its terms and conditions for copying, distributing or modifying
the Program or works based on it.

     <li>Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the
Program), the recipient automatically receives a license from the
original licensor to copy, distribute or modify the Program subject to
these terms and conditions.  You may not impose any further
restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein. 
You are not responsible for enforcing compliance by third parties to
this License.

     <li>If, as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of patent
infringement or for any other reason (not limited to patent issues),
conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order, agreement or
otherwise) that contradict the conditions of this License, they do not
excuse you from the conditions of this License.  If you cannot
distribute so as to satisfy simultaneously your obligations under this
License and any other pertinent obligations, then as a consequence you
may not distribute the Program at all.  For example, if a patent
license would not permit royalty-free redistribution of the Program by
all those who receive copies directly or indirectly through you, then
the only way you could satisfy both it and this License would be to
refrain entirely from distribution of the Program.

     <p>If any portion of this section is held invalid or unenforceable under
any particular circumstance, the balance of the section is intended to
apply and the section as a whole is intended to apply in other
circumstances.

     <p>It is not the purpose of this section to induce you to infringe any
patents or other property right claims or to contest validity of any
such claims; this section has the sole purpose of protecting the
integrity of the free software distribution system, which is
implemented by public license practices.  Many people have made
generous contributions to the wide range of software distributed
through that system in reliance on consistent application of that
system; it is up to the author/donor to decide if he or she is willing
to distribute software through any other system and a licensee cannot
impose that choice.

     <p>This section is intended to make thoroughly clear what is believed to
be a consequence of the rest of this License.

     <li>If the distribution and/or use of the Program is restricted in
certain countries either by patents or by copyrighted interfaces, the
original copyright holder who places the Program under this License
may add an explicit geographical distribution limitation excluding
those countries, so that distribution is permitted only in or among
countries not thus excluded.  In such case, this License incorporates
the limitation as if written in the body of this License.

     <li>The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions
of the General Public License from time to time.  Such new versions will
be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in detail to
address new problems or concerns.

     <p>Each version is given a distinguishing version number.  If the Program
specifies a version number of this License which applies to it and &ldquo;any
later version&rdquo;, you have the option of following the terms and conditions
either of that version or of any later version published by the Free
Software Foundation.  If the Program does not specify a version number of
this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free Software
Foundation.

     <li>If you wish to incorporate parts of the Program into other free
programs whose distribution conditions are different, write to the author
to ask for permission.  For software which is copyrighted by the Free
Software Foundation, write to the Free Software Foundation; we sometimes
make exceptions for this.  Our decision will be guided by the two goals
of preserving the free status of all derivatives of our free software and
of promoting the sharing and reuse of software generally.

     <p><a name="index-no-warranty-221"></a>
<li>BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY
FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.  EXCEPT WHEN
OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES
PROVIDE THE PROGRAM &ldquo;AS IS&rdquo; WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  THE ENTIRE RISK AS
TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU.  SHOULD THE
PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING,
REPAIR OR CORRECTION.

     <li>IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR
REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES,
INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING
OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY
YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER
PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
        </ol>

<h3 class="unnumberedsec">How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs</h3>

<p>If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.

   <p>To do so, attach the following notices to the program.  It is safest
to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
the &ldquo;copyright&rdquo; line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.

<pre class="smallexample">     <var>one line to give the program's name and an idea of what it does.</var>
     Copyright (C) 19<var>yy</var>  <var>name of author</var>
     
     This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
     modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
     as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
     of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
     
     This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
     GNU General Public License for more details.
     
     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
     along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
     Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
</pre>
   <p>Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.

   <p>If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
when it starts in an interactive mode:

<pre class="smallexample">     Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) 19<var>yy</var> <var>name of author</var>
     Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details
     type `show w'.  This is free software, and you are welcome
     to redistribute it under certain conditions; type `show c'
     for details.
</pre>
   <p>The hypothetical commands `<samp><span class="samp">show w</span></samp>' and `<samp><span class="samp">show c</span></samp>' should show
the appropriate parts of the General Public License.  Of course, the
commands you use may be called something other than `<samp><span class="samp">show w</span></samp>' and
`<samp><span class="samp">show c</span></samp>'; they could even be mouse-clicks or menu items&mdash;whatever
suits your program.

   <p>You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
school, if any, to sign a &ldquo;copyright disclaimer&rdquo; for the program, if
necessary.  Here is a sample; alter the names:

<pre class="smallexample">     Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright
     interest in the program `Gnomovision'
     (which makes passes at compilers) written
     by James Hacker.
     
     <var>signature of Ty Coon</var>, 1 April 1989
     Ty Coon, President of Vice
</pre>
   <p>This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into
proprietary programs.  If your program is a subroutine library, you may
consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the
library.  If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Library General
Public License instead of this License.

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<h3 class="section">8.2 GNU Free Documentation License</h3>

<div align="center">Version 1.1, March 2000</div>
   <p><a name="index-FDL_002c-GNU-Free-Documentation-License-222"></a>
<pre class="display">     Copyright (C) 2000  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
     59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
     
     Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
     of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
</pre>
   <pre class="sp">

</pre>
     <ol type=1 start=0>
<li>PREAMBLE

     <p>The purpose of this License is to make a manual, textbook, or other
written document &ldquo;free&rdquo; in the sense of freedom: to assure everyone
the effective freedom to copy and redistribute it, with or without
modifying it, either commercially or noncommercially.  Secondarily,
this License preserves for the author and publisher a way to get
credit for their work, while not being considered responsible for
modifications made by others.

     <p>This License is a kind of &ldquo;copyleft&rdquo;, which means that derivative
works of the document must themselves be free in the same sense.  It
complements the GNU General Public License, which is a copyleft
license designed for free software.

     <p>We have designed this License in order to use it for manuals for free
software, because free software needs free documentation: a free
program should come with manuals providing the same freedoms that the
software does.  But this License is not limited to software manuals;
it can be used for any textual work, regardless of subject matter or
whether it is published as a printed book.  We recommend this License
principally for works whose purpose is instruction or reference.

     <pre class="sp">
     
     </pre>
     <li>APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS

     <p>This License applies to any manual or other work that contains a
notice placed by the copyright holder saying it can be distributed
under the terms of this License.  The &ldquo;Document&rdquo;, below, refers to any
such manual or work.  Any member of the public is a licensee, and is
addressed as &ldquo;you&rdquo;.

     <p>A &ldquo;Modified Version&rdquo; of the Document means any work containing the
Document or a portion of it, either copied verbatim, or with
modifications and/or translated into another language.

     <p>A &ldquo;Secondary Section&rdquo; is a named appendix or a front-matter section of
the Document that deals exclusively with the relationship of the
publishers or authors of the Document to the Document's overall subject
(or to related matters) and contains nothing that could fall directly
within that overall subject.  (For example, if the Document is in part a
textbook of mathematics, a Secondary Section may not explain any
mathematics.)  The relationship could be a matter of historical
connection with the subject or with related matters, or of legal,
commercial, philosophical, ethical or political position regarding
them.

     <p>The &ldquo;Invariant Sections&rdquo; are certain Secondary Sections whose titles
are designated, as being those of Invariant Sections, in the notice
that says that the Document is released under this License.

     <p>The &ldquo;Cover Texts&rdquo; are certain short passages of text that are listed,
as Front-Cover Texts or Back-Cover Texts, in the notice that says that
the Document is released under this License.

     <p>A &ldquo;Transparent&rdquo; copy of the Document means a machine-readable copy,
represented in a format whose specification is available to the
general public, whose contents can be viewed and edited directly and
straightforwardly with generic text editors or (for images composed of
pixels) generic paint programs or (for drawings) some widely available
drawing editor, and that is suitable for input to text formatters or
for automatic translation to a variety of formats suitable for input
to text formatters.  A copy made in an otherwise Transparent file
format whose markup has been designed to thwart or discourage
subsequent modification by readers is not Transparent.  A copy that is
not &ldquo;Transparent&rdquo; is called &ldquo;Opaque&rdquo;.

     <p>Examples of suitable formats for Transparent copies include plain
ASCII without markup, Texinfo input format, LaTeX input format, SGML
or XML using a publicly available DTD, and standard-conforming simple
HTML designed for human modification.  Opaque formats include
PostScript, PDF, proprietary formats that can be read and edited only
by proprietary word processors, SGML or XML for which the DTD and/or
processing tools are not generally available, and the
machine-generated HTML produced by some word processors for output
purposes only.

     <p>The &ldquo;Title Page&rdquo; means, for a printed book, the title page itself,
plus such following pages as are needed to hold, legibly, the material
this License requires to appear in the title page.  For works in
formats which do not have any title page as such, &ldquo;Title Page&rdquo; means
the text near the most prominent appearance of the work's title,
preceding the beginning of the body of the text.
     <pre class="sp">
     
     </pre>
     <li>VERBATIM COPYING

     <p>You may copy and distribute the Document in any medium, either
commercially or noncommercially, provided that this License, the
copyright notices, and the license notice saying this License applies
to the Document are reproduced in all copies, and that you add no other
conditions whatsoever to those of this License.  You may not use
technical measures to obstruct or control the reading or further
copying of the copies you make or distribute.  However, you may accept
compensation in exchange for copies.  If you distribute a large enough
number of copies you must also follow the conditions in section 3.

     <p>You may also lend copies, under the same conditions stated above, and
you may publicly display copies.
     <pre class="sp">
     
     </pre>
     <li>COPYING IN QUANTITY

     <p>If you publish printed copies of the Document numbering more than 100,
and the Document's license notice requires Cover Texts, you must enclose
the copies in covers that carry, clearly and legibly, all these Cover
Texts: Front-Cover Texts on the front cover, and Back-Cover Texts on
the back cover.  Both covers must also clearly and legibly identify
you as the publisher of these copies.  The front cover must present
the full title with all words of the title equally prominent and
visible.  You may add other material on the covers in addition. 
Copying with changes limited to the covers, as long as they preserve
the title of the Document and satisfy these conditions, can be treated
as verbatim copying in other respects.

     <p>If the required texts for either cover are too voluminous to fit
legibly, you should put the first ones listed (as many as fit
reasonably) on the actual cover, and continue the rest onto adjacent
pages.

     <p>If you publish or distribute Opaque copies of the Document numbering
more than 100, you must either include a machine-readable Transparent
copy along with each Opaque copy, or state in or with each Opaque copy
a publicly-accessible computer-network location containing a complete
Transparent copy of the Document, free of added material, which the
general network-using public has access to download anonymously at no
charge using public-standard network protocols.  If you use the latter
option, you must take reasonably prudent steps, when you begin
distribution of Opaque copies in quantity, to ensure that this
Transparent copy will remain thus accessible at the stated location
until at least one year after the last time you distribute an Opaque
copy (directly or through your agents or retailers) of that edition to
the public.

     <p>It is requested, but not required, that you contact the authors of the
Document well before redistributing any large number of copies, to give
them a chance to provide you with an updated version of the Document.
     <pre class="sp">
     
     </pre>
     <li>MODIFICATIONS

     <p>You may copy and distribute a Modified Version of the Document under
the conditions of sections 2 and 3 above, provided that you release
the Modified Version under precisely this License, with the Modified
Version filling the role of the Document, thus licensing distribution
and modification of the Modified Version to whoever possesses a copy
of it.  In addition, you must do these things in the Modified Version:

     <p>A. Use in the Title Page (and on the covers, if any) a title distinct
   from that of the Document, and from those of previous versions
   (which should, if there were any, be listed in the History section
   of the Document).  You may use the same title as a previous version
   if the original publisher of that version gives permission.<br>
B. List on the Title Page, as authors, one or more persons or entities
   responsible for authorship of the modifications in the Modified
   Version, together with at least five of the principal authors of the
   Document (all of its principal authors, if it has less than five).<br>
C. State on the Title page the name of the publisher of the
   Modified Version, as the publisher.<br>
D. Preserve all the copyright notices of the Document.<br>
E. Add an appropriate copyright notice for your modifications
   adjacent to the other copyright notices.<br>
F. Include, immediately after the copyright notices, a license notice
   giving the public permission to use the Modified Version under the
   terms of this License, in the form shown in the Addendum below.<br>
G. Preserve in that license notice the full lists of Invariant Sections
   and required Cover Texts given in the Document's license notice.<br>
H. Include an unaltered copy of this License.<br>
I. Preserve the section entitled &ldquo;History&rdquo;, and its title, and add to
   it an item stating at least the title, year, new authors, and
   publisher of the Modified Version as given on the Title Page.  If
   there is no section entitled &ldquo;History&rdquo; in the Document, create one
   stating the title, year, authors, and publisher of the Document as
   given on its Title Page, then add an item describing the Modified
   Version as stated in the previous sentence.<br>
J. Preserve the network location, if any, given in the Document for
   public access to a Transparent copy of the Document, and likewise
   the network locations given in the Document for previous versions
   it was based on.  These may be placed in the &ldquo;History&rdquo; section. 
   You may omit a network location for a work that was published at
   least four years before the Document itself, or if the original
   publisher of the version it refers to gives permission.<br>
K. In any section entitled &ldquo;Acknowledgements&rdquo; or &ldquo;Dedications&rdquo;,
   preserve the section's title, and preserve in the section all the
   substance and tone of each of the contributor acknowledgements
   and/or dedications given therein.<br>
L. Preserve all the Invariant Sections of the Document,
   unaltered in their text and in their titles.  Section numbers
   or the equivalent are not considered part of the section titles.<br>
M. Delete any section entitled &ldquo;Endorsements&rdquo;.  Such a section
   may not be included in the Modified Version.<br>
N. Do not retitle any existing section as &ldquo;Endorsements&rdquo;
   or to conflict in title with any Invariant Section.<br>
     <pre class="sp">
     
     </pre>
     If the Modified Version includes new front-matter sections or
appendices that qualify as Secondary Sections and contain no material
copied from the Document, you may at your option designate some or all
of these sections as invariant.  To do this, add their titles to the
list of Invariant Sections in the Modified Version's license notice. 
These titles must be distinct from any other section titles.

     <p>You may add a section entitled &ldquo;Endorsements&rdquo;, provided it contains
nothing but endorsements of your Modified Version by various
parties&ndash;for example, statements of peer review or that the text has
been approved by an organization as the authoritative definition of a
standard.

     <p>You may add a passage of up to five words as a Front-Cover Text, and a
passage of up to 25 words as a Back-Cover Text, to the end of the list
of Cover Texts in the Modified Version.  Only one passage of
Front-Cover Text and one of Back-Cover Text may be added by (or
through arrangements made by) any one entity.  If the Document already
includes a cover text for the same cover, previously added by you or
by arrangement made by the same entity you are acting on behalf of,
you may not add another; but you may replace the old one, on explicit
permission from the previous publisher that added the old one.

     <p>The author(s) and publisher(s) of the Document do not by this License
give permission to use their names for publicity for or to assert or
imply endorsement of any Modified Version.
     <pre class="sp">
     
     </pre>
     <li>COMBINING DOCUMENTS

     <p>You may combine the Document with other documents released under this
License, under the terms defined in section 4 above for modified
versions, provided that you include in the combination all of the
Invariant Sections of all of the original documents, unmodified, and
list them all as Invariant Sections of your combined work in its
license notice.

     <p>The combined work need only contain one copy of this License, and
multiple identical Invariant Sections may be replaced with a single
copy.  If there are multiple Invariant Sections with the same name but
different contents, make the title of each such section unique by
adding at the end of it, in parentheses, the name of the original
author or publisher of that section if known, or else a unique number. 
Make the same adjustment to the section titles in the list of
Invariant Sections in the license notice of the combined work.

     <p>In the combination, you must combine any sections entitled &ldquo;History&rdquo;
in the various original documents, forming one section entitled
&ldquo;History&rdquo;; likewise combine any sections entitled &ldquo;Acknowledgements&rdquo;,
and any sections entitled &ldquo;Dedications&rdquo;.  You must delete all sections
entitled &ldquo;Endorsements.&rdquo;
     <pre class="sp">
     
     </pre>
     <li>COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS

     <p>You may make a collection consisting of the Document and other documents
released under this License, and replace the individual copies of this
License in the various documents with a single copy that is included in
the collection, provided that you follow the rules of this License for
verbatim copying of each of the documents in all other respects.

     <p>You may extract a single document from such a collection, and distribute
it individually under this License, provided you insert a copy of this
License into the extracted document, and follow this License in all
other respects regarding verbatim copying of that document.
     <pre class="sp">
     
     </pre>
     <li>AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS

     <p>A compilation of the Document or its derivatives with other separate
and independent documents or works, in or on a volume of a storage or
distribution medium, does not as a whole count as a Modified Version
of the Document, provided no compilation copyright is claimed for the
compilation.  Such a compilation is called an &ldquo;aggregate&rdquo;, and this
License does not apply to the other self-contained works thus compiled
with the Document, on account of their being thus compiled, if they
are not themselves derivative works of the Document.

     <p>If the Cover Text requirement of section 3 is applicable to these
copies of the Document, then if the Document is less than one quarter
of the entire aggregate, the Document's Cover Texts may be placed on
covers that surround only the Document within the aggregate. 
Otherwise they must appear on covers around the whole aggregate.
     <pre class="sp">
     
     </pre>
     <li>TRANSLATION

     <p>Translation is considered a kind of modification, so you may
distribute translations of the Document under the terms of section 4. 
Replacing Invariant Sections with translations requires special
permission from their copyright holders, but you may include
translations of some or all Invariant Sections in addition to the
original versions of these Invariant Sections.  You may include a
translation of this License provided that you also include the
original English version of this License.  In case of a disagreement
between the translation and the original English version of this
License, the original English version will prevail.
     <pre class="sp">
     
     </pre>
     <li>TERMINATION

     <p>You may not copy, modify, sublicense, or distribute the Document except
as expressly provided for under this License.  Any other attempt to
copy, modify, sublicense or distribute the Document is void, and will
automatically terminate your rights under this License.  However,
parties who have received copies, or rights, from you under this
License will not have their licenses terminated so long as such
parties remain in full compliance.
     <pre class="sp">
     
     </pre>
     <li>FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE

     <p>The Free Software Foundation may publish new, revised versions
of the GNU Free Documentation License from time to time.  Such new
versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may
differ in detail to address new problems or concerns.  See
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/.

     <p>Each version of the License is given a distinguishing version number. 
If the Document specifies that a particular numbered version of this
License &ldquo;or any later version&rdquo; applies to it, you have the option of
following the terms and conditions either of that specified version or
of any later version that has been published (not as a draft) by the
Free Software Foundation.  If the Document does not specify a version
number of this License, you may choose any version ever published (not
as a draft) by the Free Software Foundation.

        </ol>

<h3 class="unnumberedsec">ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents</h3>

<p>To use this License in a document you have written, include a copy of
the License in the document and put the following copyright and
license notices just after the title page:

<pre class="smallexample">     
       Copyright (C)  <var>year</var>  <var>your name</var>.
       Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
       under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
       or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
       with the Invariant Sections being <var>list their titles</var>, with the
       Front-Cover Texts being <var>list</var>, and with the Back-Cover Texts being <var>list</var>.
       A copy of the license is included in the section entitled ``GNU
       Free Documentation License''.
</pre>
   <p>If you have no Invariant Sections, write &ldquo;with no Invariant Sections&rdquo;
instead of saying which ones are invariant.  If you have no
Front-Cover Texts, write &ldquo;no Front-Cover Texts&rdquo; instead of
&ldquo;Front-Cover Texts being <var>list</var>&rdquo;; likewise for Back-Cover Texts.

   <p>If your document contains nontrivial examples of program code, we
recommend releasing these examples in parallel under your choice of
free software license, such as the GNU General Public License,
to permit their use in free software.

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<h2 class="unnumbered">Concept Index</h2>

<p>This is a general index of all issues discussed in this manual, with the
exception of the <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> commands and command-line options.

<ul class="index-cp" compact>
<li><a href="#index-after-context-39">after context</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-alphabetic-characters-185">alphabetic characters</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-alphanumeric-characters-183">alphanumeric characters</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-anchoring-210">anchoring</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-asterisk-165">asterisk</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-back_002dreference-211">back-reference</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-backslash-209">backslash</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-basic-regular-expressions-212">basic regular expressions</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-before-context-43">before context</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-binary-files-57">binary files</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-binary-files_002c-DOS_002fWindows-105">binary files, DOS/Windows</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-blank-characters-187">blank characters</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-braces_002c-one-argument-170">braces, one argument</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-braces_002c-second-argument-omitted-173">braces, second argument omitted</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-braces_002c-two-arguments-176">braces, two arguments</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-bracket-expression-177">bracket expression</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-Bugs_002c-reporting-218">Bugs, reporting</a>: <a href="#Reporting-Bugs">Reporting Bugs</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-byte-offset-60">byte offset</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-byte-offsets_002c-on-DOS_002fWindows-109">byte offsets, on DOS/Windows</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-case-insensitive-search-13">case insensitive search</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-case-insensitive-search_002c-obsolete-option-101">case insensitive search, obsolete option</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-changing-name-of-standard-input-76">changing name of standard input</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-character-class-178">character class</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-character-classes-181">character classes</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-character-type-126">character type</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-classes-of-characters-180">classes of characters</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-context-47">context</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-context-lines_002c-after-match-40">context lines, after match</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-context-lines_002c-before-match-44">context lines, before match</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-control-characters-189">control characters</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-Copying-219">Copying</a>: <a href="#Copying">Copying</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-counting-lines-4">counting lines</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-default-options-environment-variable-120">default options environment variable</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-device-search-63">device search</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-digit-characters-191">digit characters</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-directory-search-66">directory search</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-DOS-byte-offsets-108">DOS byte offsets</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-DOS_002fWindows-binary-files-104">DOS/Windows binary files</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-dot-159">dot</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-environment-variables-118">environment variables</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-exclude-files-95">exclude files</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-FAQ-about-_0040command_007bgrep_007d-usage-216">FAQ about <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> usage</a>: <a href="#Usage">Usage</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-FDL_002c-GNU-Free-Documentation-License-222">FDL, GNU Free Documentation License</a>: <a href="#GNU-Free-Documentation-License">GNU Free Documentation License</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-files-which-don_0027t-match-79">files which don't match</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-GPL_002c-GNU-General-Public-License-220">GPL, GNU General Public License</a>: <a href="#GNU-General-Public-License">GNU General Public License</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-graphic-characters-194">graphic characters</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-hexadecimal-digits-208">hexadecimal digits</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-highlight-markers-122">highlight markers</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-highlight_002c-color_002c-colour-49">highlight, color, colour</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-include-files-92">include files</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-interval-specifications-213">interval specifications</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-invert-matching-32">invert matching</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-language-of-messages-138">language of messages</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-line-buffering-74">line buffering</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-line-numbering-19">line numbering</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-lower_002dcase-letters-196">lower-case letters</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-match-sub_002dexpression-at-most-once-163">match sub-expression at most once</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-match-sub_002dexpression-n-or-more-times-174">match sub-expression n or more times</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-match-sub_002dexpression-n-times-171">match sub-expression n times</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-match-sub_002dexpression-zero-or-more-times-166">match sub-expression zero or more times</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-match-the-whole-line-36">match the whole line</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-matching-basic-regular-expressions-147">matching basic regular expressions</a>: <a href="#Grep-Programs">Grep Programs</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-matching-extended-regular-expressions-150">matching extended regular expressions</a>: <a href="#Grep-Programs">Grep Programs</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-matching-fixed-strings-153">matching fixed strings</a>: <a href="#Grep-Programs">Grep Programs</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-matching-Perl-regular-expressions-156">matching Perl regular expressions</a>: <a href="#Grep-Programs">Grep Programs</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-matching-whole-words-86">matching whole words</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-max_002dcount-99">max-count</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-memory-mapped-input-111">memory mapped input</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-message-language-139">message language</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-names-of-matching-files-16">names of matching files</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-national-language-support-127">national language support</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-NLS-128">NLS</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-no-filename-prefix-72">no filename prefix</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-no-warranty-221">no warranty</a>: <a href="#GNU-General-Public-License">GNU General Public License</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-numeric-characters-192">numeric characters</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-only-matching-22">only matching</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-palindromes-217">palindromes</a>: <a href="#Usage">Usage</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-pattern-from-file-10">pattern from file</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-pattern-list-7">pattern list</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-period-160">period</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-plus-sign-168">plus sign</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-print-non_002dmatching-lines-33">print non-matching lines</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-printable-characters-198">printable characters</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-punctuation-characters-200">punctuation characters</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-question-mark-162">question mark</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-quiet_002c-silent-26">quiet, silent</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-range-expression-179">range expression</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-recursive-search-89">recursive search</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-regular-expressions-157">regular expressions</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-searching-directory-trees-90">searching directory trees</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-Searching-for-a-pattern_002e-1">Searching for a pattern.</a>: <a href="#Introduction">Introduction</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-space-characters-202">space characters</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-suppress-binary-data-82">suppress binary data</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-suppress-error-messages-29">suppress error messages</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-translation-of-message-language-142">translation of message language</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-upper_002dcase-letters-205">upper-case letters</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-Usage-summary_002c-printing-55">Usage summary, printing</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-Usage_002c-examples-214">Usage, examples</a>: <a href="#Usage">Usage</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-Using-_0040command_007bgrep_007d_002c-Q_0026A-215">Using <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp>, Q&amp;A</a>: <a href="#Usage">Usage</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-Version_002c-printing-53">Version, printing</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-whitespace-characters-203">whitespace characters</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-with-filename-prefix-69">with filename prefix</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-xdigit-class-207">xdigit class</a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-zero_002dterminated-file-names-114">zero-terminated file names</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-zero_002dterminated-lines-117">zero-terminated lines</a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
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<h2 class="unnumbered">Index</h2>

<p>This is an alphabetical list of all <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> commands, command-line
options, and environment variables.



<ul class="index-fn" compact>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002a-164"><code>*</code></a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002b-167"><code>+</code></a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dafter_002dcontext-38"><code>--after-context</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dbasic_002dregexp-146"><code>--basic-regexp</code></a>: <a href="#Grep-Programs">Grep Programs</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dbefore_002dcontext-42"><code>--before-context</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dbinary-103"><code>--binary</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dbinary_002dfiles-56"><code>--binary-files</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dbyte_002doffset-59"><code>--byte-offset</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dcolour-48"><code>--colour</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dcontext-46"><code>--context</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dcount-3"><code>--count</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002ddevices-62"><code>--devices</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002ddirectories-65"><code>--directories</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dexclude-94"><code>--exclude</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dextended_002dregexp-149"><code>--extended-regexp</code></a>: <a href="#Grep-Programs">Grep Programs</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dfile-9"><code>--file</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dfiles_002dwith_002dmatches-15"><code>--files-with-matches</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dfiles_002dwithout_002dmatch-78"><code>--files-without-match</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dfixed_002dstrings-152"><code>--fixed-strings</code></a>: <a href="#Grep-Programs">Grep Programs</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dhelp-54"><code>--help</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dignore_002dcase-12"><code>--ignore-case</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dinclude-91"><code>--include</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dinvert_002dmatch-31"><code>--invert-match</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dlabel-75"><code>--label</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dline_002dbuffered-73"><code>--line-buffered</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dline_002dnumber-18"><code>--line-number</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dline_002dregexp-35"><code>--line-regexp</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dmax_002dcount-98"><code>--max-count</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dmmap-110"><code>--mmap</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dno_002dfilename-71"><code>--no-filename</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dno_002dmessages-28"><code>--no-messages</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dnull-113"><code>--null</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dnull_002ddata-116"><code>--null-data</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002donly_002dmatching-21"><code>--only-matching</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dperl_002dregexp-155"><code>--perl-regexp</code></a>: <a href="#Grep-Programs">Grep Programs</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dquiet-24"><code>--quiet</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002drecursive-88"><code>--recursive</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dregexp_003d_0040var_007bpattern_007d-6"><code>--regexp=</code><var>pattern</var></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dsilent-25"><code>--silent</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dtext-81"><code>--text</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dunix_002dbyte_002doffsets-107"><code>--unix-byte-offsets</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dversion-52"><code>--version</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dWith_002dfilename-68"><code>--With-filename</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002d_002dword_002dregexp-85"><code>--word-regexp</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002da-80"><code>-a</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002dA-37"><code>-A</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002db-58"><code>-b</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002dB-41"><code>-B</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002dC-45"><code>-C</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002dc-2"><code>-c</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002dd-64"><code>-d</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002dD-61"><code>-D</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002dE-148"><code>-E</code></a>: <a href="#Grep-Programs">Grep Programs</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002de-5"><code>-e</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002dF-151"><code>-F</code></a>: <a href="#Grep-Programs">Grep Programs</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002df-8"><code>-f</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002dG-145"><code>-G</code></a>: <a href="#Grep-Programs">Grep Programs</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002dh-70"><code>-h</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002dH-67"><code>-H</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002di-11"><code>-i</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002dL-77"><code>-L</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002dl-14"><code>-l</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002dm-97"><code>-m</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002dn-17"><code>-n</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002dNUM-50"><code>-NUM</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002do-20"><code>-o</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002dP-154"><code>-P</code></a>: <a href="#Grep-Programs">Grep Programs</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002dq-23"><code>-q</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002dr-87"><code>-r</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002ds-27"><code>-s</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002du-106"><code>-u</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002dU-102"><code>-U</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002dV-51"><code>-V</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002dv-30"><code>-v</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002dw-84"><code>-w</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002dx-34"><code>-x</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002dy-100"><code>-y</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002dz-115"><code>-z</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002dZ-112"><code>-Z</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_002e-158"><code>.</code></a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_003f-161"><code>?</code></a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_005f_0040var_007bN_007d_005fGNU_005fnonoption_005fargv_005fflags_005f-144"><code>_</code><var>N</var><code>_GNU_nonoption_argv_flags_</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-alnum-182"><code>alnum</code></a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-alpha-184"><code>alpha</code></a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-blank-186"><code>blank</code></a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-cntrl-188"><code>cntrl</code></a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-digit-190"><code>digit</code></a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-graph-193"><code>graph</code></a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-GREP_005fCOLOR-121"><code>GREP_COLOR</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-GREP_005fOPTIONS-119"><code>GREP_OPTIONS</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-LANG-125"><code>LANG</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-LC_005fALL-123"><code>LC_ALL</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-LC_005fCOLLATE-124"><code>LC_COLLATE</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-LC_005fCTYPE-130"><code>LC_CTYPE</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-LC_005fMESSAGES-136"><code>LC_MESSAGES</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-lower-195"><code>lower</code></a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-POSIXLY_005fCORRECT-143"><code>POSIXLY_CORRECT</code></a>: <a href="#Invoking">Invoking</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-print-197"><code>print</code></a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-punct-199"><code>punct</code></a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-space-201"><code>space</code></a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-upper-204"><code>upper</code></a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-xdigit-206"><code>xdigit</code></a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_0040_007bn_002cm_0040_007d-175"><code>{n,m}</code></a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_0040_007bn_002c_0040_007d-172"><code>{n,}</code></a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
<li><a href="#index-g_t_0040_007bn_0040_007d-169"><code>{n}</code></a>: <a href="#Regular-Expressions">Regular Expressions</a></li>
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<h2>Table of Contents</h2>
<ul>
<li><a name="toc_Top" href="#Top">Grep</a>
<li><a name="toc_Introduction" href="#Introduction">1 Introduction</a>
<li><a name="toc_Invoking" href="#Invoking">2 Invoking <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp></a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#Invoking">2.1 <span class="sc">gnu</span> Extensions</a>
<li><a href="#Invoking">2.2 Environment Variables</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a name="toc_Diagnostics" href="#Diagnostics">3 Diagnostics</a>
<li><a name="toc_Grep-Programs" href="#Grep-Programs">4 <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> programs</a>
<li><a name="toc_Regular-Expressions" href="#Regular-Expressions">5 Regular Expressions</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#Regular-Expressions">5.1 Character Class</a>
<li><a href="#Regular-Expressions">5.2 Backslash Character</a>
<li><a href="#Regular-Expressions">5.3 Anchoring</a>
<li><a href="#Regular-Expressions">5.4 Back-reference</a>
<li><a href="#Regular-Expressions">5.5 Basic vs Extended</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a name="toc_Usage" href="#Usage">6 Usage</a>
<li><a name="toc_Reporting-Bugs" href="#Reporting-Bugs">7 Reporting bugs</a>
<li><a name="toc_Copying" href="#Copying">8 Copying</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#GNU-General-Public-License">8.1 GNU General Public License</a>
<li><a href="#GNU-General-Public-License">Preamble</a>
<li><a href="#GNU-General-Public-License">How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs</a>
<li><a href="#GNU-Free-Documentation-License">8.2 GNU Free Documentation License</a>
<li><a href="#GNU-Free-Documentation-License">ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents</a>
</li></ul>
<li><a name="toc_Concept-Index" href="#Concept-Index">Concept Index</a>
<li><a name="toc_Index" href="#Index">Index</a>
</li></ul>
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