Usage: grep[OPTION]... PATTERN [FILE]...
Searchfor PATTERN ineach FILE or standard input.
PATTERN is, by default, a basic regular expression (BRE).
Example:grep -i 'hello world'menu.h main.c
Regexp selection and interpretation:-E, --extended-regexp PATTERN is an extended regular expression (ERE)-F, --fixed-strings PATTERN is a set of newline-separated fixed strings-G, --basic-regexp PATTERN is a basic regular expression (BRE)-P, --perl-regexp PATTERN is a Perl regular expression-e, --regexp=PATTERN use PATTERN formatching-f, --file=FILE obtain PATTERN from FILE-i, --ignore-case ignore casedistinctions-w, --word-regexp force PATTERN to match only whole words-x, --line-regexp force PATTERN to match only whole lines-z, --null-data a data line ends in 0 byte, not newline
Miscellaneous:-s, --no-messages suppress error messages-v, --invert-match select non-matching lines-V, --version print version information and exit--help display this help and exit--mmap ignored forbackwards compatibility
Output control:-m, --max-count=NUM stop after NUM matches-b, --byte-offset print the byteoffset with output lines-n, --line-number print line number with output lines--line-buffered flush output on every line-H, --with-filename print the filename foreach match-h, --no-filename suppress the prefixing filename on output--label=LABEL print LABEL as filename forstandard input-o, --only-matching show only the part of a line matching PATTERN-q, --quiet, --silent suppress all normal output--binary-files=TYPE assume that binary files are TYPE;
TYPE is `binary', `text', or `without-match' -a, --text equivalent to --binary-files=text-I equivalent to --binary-files=without-match-d, --directories=ACTION how to handle directories;
ACTION is `read', `recurse', or `skip' -D, --devices=ACTION how to handle devices, FIFOs and sockets;
ACTION is `read'or `skip'
-R, -r, --recursive equivalent to --directories=recurse--include=FILE_PATTERN search only files that match FILE_PATTERN--exclude=FILE_PATTERN skip files and directories matching FILE_PATTERN--exclude-from=FILE skip files matching any filepattern from FILE--exclude-dir=PATTERN directories that match PATTERN will be skipped.-L, --files-without-match print only names of FILEs containing no match-l, --files-with-matches print only names of FILEs containing matches-c, --count print only a count of matching lines per FILE-T, --initial-tab make tabs line up (ifneeded)-Z, --null print 0 byteafter FILE name
Context control:-B, --before-context=NUM print NUM lines of leading context-A, --after-context=NUM print NUM lines of trailing context-C, --context=NUM print NUM lines of output context-NUM same as --context=NUM--color[=WHEN],--colour[=WHEN] use markers to highlight the matching strings;
WHEN is `always', `never', or `auto' -U, --binary donot strip CR characters at EOL (MSDOS)-u, --unix-byte-offsets report offsets as if CRs were not there (MSDOS)