Search For Patterns Within Files With Grep
Channel: DistroTube
Date: 2020-07-21

One of the most important command line utilities that every Linux user should know is Grep.  Grep searches one or more input files for lines containing a match to a specified pattern. By default, Grep outputs the matching lines but it has a ton of flags and options available. 

ERRATA:
I mentioned that Grep doesn't like binaries.  That's not entirely true.  There is a way to grep a binary as if it were a text file by using the "-a" flag.  One thing to note though is many binaries are just one gigantic line so a lot of the time, all you are going to get is the equivalent of a "cat binary-file".

REFERENCED:
► https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/ - GNU Grep

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