I often profess that Linux can be used without the command line, but at some point, you might want to learn it anyway. When ...

The grep command is case-sensitive, but you can use specific parameters to modify its behavior. To search for files containing a specific text string, you can use the following command grep -rni "text ...

With regex and grep, you can search for patterns in text files with either simple or very complex patterns. Also: The first 5 Linux commands every new user should learn ...

The grep command is a handy, reliable tool for searching for files or information. This tutorial illustrates 10 ways to take advantage of its power and flexibility. From the tutorial: Windows ...

The grep command – likely one of the first ten commands that every Unix user comes to know and love – is not just a nice tool for finding a word or phrase in a file or command output.

Grep and diff are command line-based text analysis tools available in all Linux and Unix distributions. Both are designed to parse documents on a line-by-line basis.

These commands wield significant power, and seem to be two of the most commonly used commands for the Ubuntu Linux command line. I mentioned ‘grep’ in passing yesterday.