egrep

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egrep is a variant of the grep command-line utility that searches text using extended regular expressions for more powerful pattern matching.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Unix command
command-line utility
text search tool
behaviorInGNUgrep equivalent to grep -E
category Unix text processing utilities
exitStatus 0 if a match is found
1 if no match is found
>1 if an error occurred
hasOption --color
-L
-R
-c
-i
-l
-n
-q
-r
-s
-v
-w
-x
inputType standard input
text files
introducedIn Unix
invokedAs egrep pattern file
license varies by implementation
maintainedBy GNU Project for GNU grep implementation
oftenImplementedAs hard link to grep
symlink to grep
outputType matching lines
POSIXRecommendation use grep -E instead of egrep
primaryFunction filter lines matching a pattern
search text for patterns
providedBy BSD grep implementations
GNU Grep
surface form: GNU grep package
readsFrom standard input when no file is given
relatedTo fgrep
grep
status considered obsolescent in POSIX
supports ERE syntax
supportsFeature Kleene star *
alternation with |
anchors ^ and $
backslash escapes
character classes
grouping with parentheses
one-or-more quantifier +
zero-or-one quantifier ?
typicalPlatform BSD
Linux
Unix-like operating systems
macOS
uses extended regular expressions

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GNU Grep commandName egrep