grep [options] PATTERN [FILE...]
grep [options] [-e PATTERN | -f FILE] [FILE...]
The grep
command searches the named input files for lines containing a match to a given pattern. For more information about using the grep
command, search http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi by specifying grep
as the search keyword and by selecting the FreeBSD 6.2-Release option from the release list.
The following options are not supported by the Symbian version of the grep
command:
-b, --byte-offset
--binary-files=TYPE
--colour[=WHEN], --color[=WHEN]
-D ACTION, --devices=ACTION
-P, --perl-regexp
-f FILE, --file=FILE
-G, --basic-regexp
--help
-I
--label=LABEL
--line-buffered
-U, --binary
-u, --unix-byte-offsets
-V, --version
-y
--null
-Z, --decompress
-J, --bz2decompress
Note: You cannot use the grep
command to search for patterns by taking input from a standard input.
For information about documentation copyrights associated with the grep
command, see http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/freebsd-doc-license.html and http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html.