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egrep

Extended regular expression grep (UNIX)

Syntax:

egrep [-cilnqsvx]
      [-e expression | -f expression_file]...
      [file...]
egrep [-cilnqsvx] expression [file...]

Runs on:

Neutrino

Options:

See grep for a complete listing.

Description:

The egrep utility does an extended regular expression grep (equivalent to grep -E). See the documentation for grep for details.

Exit status:

0

Lines were found matching the expression provided.

>0

An error occurred or no matching lines were found.

See also:

grep