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Unix search command
Answer for the clue "Unix search command ", 4 letters:
grep
Word definitions for grep in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A program which selects lines in a file which match a given pattern. vb. 1 To use a program such as '''grep''' to search in a file. 2 By extension, to search anything (perhaps a paper document by eye).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
grep is a command-line utility for searching plain-text data sets for lines matching a regular expression . Grep was originally developed for the Unix operating system, but is available today for all Unix-like systems. Its name comes from the ed command ...
Usage examples of grep.
Every once in a while Alex would catch a faint glimpse of light through a bus or truck window-somebody's flipped-up laptop screen, where some Trouper was catching up on work or killing time grepping a disk.
Oops, grepping other people's files is a no-no, forget I ever suggested it.
Oops, grepping other people's files is a no-no, forget I ever suggested it.
We've been grepping the public feeds for any references to Moscow, and we got a high probability hit off of a warblogger who's traveling on the Romanov.