COTSE - GREP Reference

Option	Description
b	Precede each line by the block number on which it was found. This can be useful in locating block numbers by context (first block is 0).
c	Print only a count of the lines that contain the pattern.
h	Prevents the name of the file containing the matching line from being appended to that line. Used when searching multiple files.
i	Ignore upper/lower case distinction during comparisons.
l	Print only the names of files with matching lines, separated by NEWLINE characters. Does not repeat the names of files when the pattern is found more than once.
n	Precede each line by its line number in the file (first line is 1).
s	Suppress error messages about nonexistent or unreadable files.
v	Print all lines except those that contain the pattern.
w	Search for the expression as a word as if surrounded by \< and \>.

The following options are supported for /usr/xpg4/bin/grep only:

Option	Description
epattern_list	Specify one or more patterns to be used during the search for input. Patterns in pattern_list must be separated by a NEWLINE character. A null pattern can be specified by two adjacent newline characters in pattern_list. Unless the -E or -F option is also specified, each pattern will be treated as a basic regular expression. Multiple -e and -f options are accepted by grep . All of the specified patterns are used when matching lines, but the order of evaluation is unspecified.
E	Match using full regular expressions. Treat each pattern specified as a full regular expression. If any entire full regular expression pattern matches an input line, the line will be matched. A null full regular expression matches every line. Each pattern will be interpreted as a full regular expression as described on the regex(5) manual page, except for $ and $, and including:
fpattern_file	Read one or more patterns from the file named by the path name pattern_file. Patterns in pattern_file are terminated by a NEWLINE character. A null pattern can be specified by an empty line in pattern_file. Unless the -E or -F option is also specified, each pattern will be treated as a basic regular expression.
F	Match using fixed strings. Treat each pattern specified as a string instead of a regular expres-sion. If an input line contains any of the patterns as a contiguous sequence of bytes, the line will be matched. A null string matches every line. See fgrep(1) for more information.
q	Quiet. Do not write anything to the standard output, regardless of matching lines. Exit with zero status if an input line is selected.
x	Consider only input lines that use all characters in the line to match an entire fixed string or regular expression to be matching lines.

Notes on -E
Match using full regular expressions. Treat each pattern specified as a full regular expression. If any entire full regular expression pattern matches an input line, the line will be matched. A null full regular expression matches every line. Each pattern will be interpreted as a full regular expression as described on the regex(5) manual page, except for $ and $, and including:

A full regular expression followed by + that matches one or more occurrences of the full regular expression.
2. A full regular expression followed by ? that matches 0 or 1 occurrences of the full regular expression.
Full regular expressions separated by | or by a new-line that match strings that are matched by any of the expressions.
A full regular expression that may be enclosed in parentheses () for grouping. The order of precedence of operators is [], then *?+, then concatenation, then | and new-line.


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