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1.1       root        1: .th GREP I 3/3/73
                      2: .sh NAME
                      3: grep \*- search a file for a pattern
                      4: .sh SYNOPSIS
                      5: .bd grep
                      6: [
                      7: .bd \*-v
                      8: ] [
                      9: .bd \*-l
                     10: ] [
                     11: .bd \*-n
                     12: ] expression [input] [output]
                     13: .sh DESCRIPTION
                     14: .it Grep
                     15: will search the input file
                     16: (standard input default)
                     17: for each line containing the
                     18: regular expression.
                     19: Normally, each line found
                     20: is printed on the output file
                     21: (standard output default).
                     22: If the
                     23: .bd \*-v
                     24: flag is used,
                     25: all lines but those matching
                     26: are printed.
                     27: If the
                     28: .bd \*-l
                     29: flag is used,
                     30: each line printed is
                     31: preceded by its line number.
                     32: If the
                     33: .bd \*-n
                     34: flag is used,
                     35: no lines are printed,
                     36: but the number of lines that would
                     37: normally have been printed is reported.
                     38: If interrupt is hit,
                     39: the number of lines
                     40: searched is printed.
                     41: .s3
                     42: For a complete description
                     43: of the regular expression,
                     44: see ed(I).
                     45: Care should be taken when
                     46: using the characters
                     47: $ * [ ^ | ( ) and \\ in the regular
                     48: expression as they are
                     49: also meaningful to the shell.
                     50: (Precede them by \\)
                     51: .sh "SEE ALSO"
                     52: ed(I), sh(I)
                     53: .sh BUGS
                     54: Lines
                     55: are limited to 512 characters;
                     56: longer lines are truncated.

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