GREP 5/2/81 GREP NAME grep - search file[s] for a pattern SYNOPSIS grep [-chlx] expression [file] ... DESCRIPTION `grep' searches the names files (or standard input if none are specified) for occurrences of the expression. The set of valid expressions are the same as those for `find', `ch' and `ed'. The manual entries for those tools may be consulted for full details. The output of `grep' is dependent upon which switches are selected: None When one or more occurrences of the expression are found in a file, the file name is displayed, with each line in which the expression occurs listed below the file name. -c Only the number of matching lines in each file is displayed. -h Do not display the file names. -l Only the names of files which contain matching lines are displayed, one per line. -x Display (or count) only those lines which do NOT contain the expression. FILES None SEE ALSO find - find groups of expressions in a file ch - globally change expressions within a file ed - text editor DIAGNOSTICS AUTHORS Joe Sventek BUGS -1-