Comments on: Searching for multiple strings with grep http://www.thelinuxblog.com/searching-for-multiple-strings-with-grep/ The Linux Blog, General Linux, Shell Scripts Fri, 17 May 2013 01:16:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: TheLinuxBlog.com http://www.thelinuxblog.com/searching-for-multiple-strings-with-grep/comment-page-1/#comment-2614 TheLinuxBlog.com Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:31:00 +0000 http://www.thelinuxblog.com/searching-for-multiple-strings-with-grep/#comment-2614 @TYBOON @RAJEESH @SHAKTALE Thanks! Obviously you guys are experienced in grepfoo. I’m not even sure If I’d earn my first stripe :)

]]> By: Tyboon http://www.thelinuxblog.com/searching-for-multiple-strings-with-grep/comment-page-1/#comment-2613 Tyboon Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:09:37 +0000 http://www.thelinuxblog.com/searching-for-multiple-strings-with-grep/#comment-2613 Hello,

You can also use the following synthax :
grep -e gnome -e kde install.log

]]> By: Rajeesh http://www.thelinuxblog.com/searching-for-multiple-strings-with-grep/comment-page-1/#comment-2612 Rajeesh Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:04:24 +0000 http://www.thelinuxblog.com/searching-for-multiple-strings-with-grep/#comment-2612 grep -E “gnome|kde” would also do – extended regex.

]]> By: shaktale http://www.thelinuxblog.com/searching-for-multiple-strings-with-grep/comment-page-1/#comment-2611 shaktale Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:35:01 +0000 http://www.thelinuxblog.com/searching-for-multiple-strings-with-grep/#comment-2611 You can invoke grep -E without escape the pipe.

With -E you can use extended regulars expressions.

Also you can use egrep what is the same that grep -E, although, direct invocation of egrep is deprecated.

BR.

]]> By: Gen2ly http://www.thelinuxblog.com/searching-for-multiple-strings-with-grep/comment-page-1/#comment-2608 Gen2ly Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:15:04 +0000 http://www.thelinuxblog.com/searching-for-multiple-strings-with-grep/#comment-2608 hey, that’s a great tip, always wondered if there was a way to do this.

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