FGREP(1)                                                 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.
          -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).
          -s    Silent mode.  No pattern matches or error messages are
                printed.  This option allows command expressions to
                check fgrep's exit status without having to deal with
                output.
          -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).




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     FGREP(1)                                                 FGREP(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).

     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.

     ORIGIN
          AT&T V.3









































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