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grep

grep is a command-line utility for searching plain-text data sets for lines matching a regular...

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grep is a command-line utility for searching plain-text data sets for lines matching a regular expression.

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grep was added by vermin96 in Dec 2012 and the latest update was made in May 2019. The list of alternatives was updated Jul 2020. It's possible to update the information on grep or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

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