diff --git a/pages/common/grep.md b/pages/common/grep.md index aa45ab9410..80e52867b3 100644 --- a/pages/common/grep.md +++ b/pages/common/grep.md @@ -9,15 +9,15 @@ - Search for an exact string (disables regular expressions): -`grep --fixed-strings "{{exact_string}}" {{path/to/file}}` +`grep {{-F|--fixed-strings}} "{{exact_string}}" {{path/to/file}}` - Search for a pattern in all files recursively in a directory, showing line numbers of matches, ignoring binary files: -`grep --recursive --line-number --binary-files {{without-match}} "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/directory}}` +`grep {{-r|--recursive}} {{-n|--line-number}} --binary-files {{without-match}} "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/directory}}` - Use extended regular expressions (supports `?`, `+`, `{}`, `()` and `|`), in case-insensitive mode: -`grep --extended-regexp --ignore-case "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}` +`grep {{-E|--extended-regexp}} {{-i|--ignore-case}} "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}` - Print 3 lines of context around, before, or after each match: @@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ - Print file name and line number for each match with color output: -`grep --with-filename --line-number --color=always "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}` +`grep {{-H|--with-filename}} {{-n|--line-number}} --color=always "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}` - Search for lines matching a pattern, printing only the matched text: -`grep --only-matching "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}` +`grep {{-o|--only-matching}} "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}` - Search `stdin` for lines that do not match a pattern: -`cat {{path/to/file}} | grep --invert-match "{{search_pattern}}"` +`cat {{path/to/file}} | grep {{-v|--invert-match}} "{{search_pattern}}"`