fgrep(1)         (Directory and File Management Utilities)         fgrep(1)


   NAME
         fgrep - search a file for a character string

   SYNOPSIS
         fgrep [options] string [file ...]

   DESCRIPTION
         fgrep (fast grep) seaches files for a character string and prints all
         lines that contain that string.  fgrep is different from grep(1) and
         egrep(1) because it searches for a string, instead of searching for a
         pattern that matches an expression.  It uses a fast and compact
         algorithm.

         The characters $, *, [, ^, |, (, ), and \ are interpreted literally
         by fgrep, that is, fgrep does not recognize full regular expressions
         as does egrep.  Since these characters have special meaning to the
         shell, it is safest to enclose the entire string in single quotes
         '...'.

         If no files are specified, fgrep assumes standard input.  Normally,
         each line found is copied to the standard output.  The file name is
         printed before each line found if there is more than one input file.

         Command line options are:

         -b    Precede each line by the block number on which it was found.
               This can be useful in locating block numbers by context (first
               block is 0).
         -c    Print only a count of the lines that contain the pattern.
         -h    Suppress printing of filenames when searching multiple files.
         -i    Ignore upper/lower case distinction during comparisons.
         -l    Print the names of files with matching lines once, separated by
               new-lines.  Does not repeat the names of files when the pattern
               is found more than once.
         -n    Precede each line by its line number in the file (first line is
               1).
         -v    Print all lines except those that contain the pattern.
         -x    Print only lines matched entirely.
         -e special_string
               Search for a special string (string begins with a -).
         -f file
               Take the list of strings from file.

   SEE ALSO
         ed(1), egrep(1), grep(1), sed(1), sh(1).

   DIAGNOSTICS
         Exit status is 0 if any matches are found, 1 if none, 2 for syntax
         errors or inaccessible files (even if matches were found).




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   BUGS
         Ideally there should be only one grep command, but there is not a
         single algorithm that spans a wide enough range of space-time
         tradeoffs.  Lines are limited to BUFSIZ characters; longer lines are
         truncated.  BUFSIZ is defined in /usr/include/stdio.h.
















































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