Search text within a file using `grep`

[Will513r]

Summary

Learn to use grep for searching text within files. grep is a powerful command-line utility that lets you search through one or multiple text files for lines that match a regular expression pattern.

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Description

• Objective: Master grep to search for specific text within a file, making it easier to analyze or filter data.

• Scope:

  • Introduction to grep
  • Basic to advanced searching techniques with grep

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Learning Tasks

1. Introduction to grep:

   • Get familiar with' grep' and its basic syntax for searching text in files.

2. Basic to Advanced Searching Techniques:

   • Learn to perform basic text searches and then move on to more advanced techniques like using regular expressions.

3. Hands-on Practice:

   • Exercise 1: Use grep to search for a specific word in a text file.
   • Exercise 2: Use grep with flags to ignore case (-i) or to search recursively (`-r's).
   • Exercise 3: Perform a more complex search using regular expressions.
   • Exercise 4: Pipe the output of another command into grep to filter it.

4. Troubleshooting:

   • Discuss common issues one might encounter when using grep and how to solve them.

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Learning Goals

• Develop a thorough understanding of how grep works.
• Become proficient in using grep for various text-searching tasks.
• Understand the utility of grep in real-world scenarios like log analysis or data filtering.

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Priority

• Medium

[Will513r]

GREP or Global Regular Expression Print is used for pattern matching to search for certain characters in files, which comes in handy when sifting through massive amount of files.

[tupleHunden]

Looks good to me