lfs-book/chapter06/grep.xml

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<title>Grep-&grep-version;</title>
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<indexterm zone="ch-system-grep"><primary sortas="a-Grep">Grep</primary></indexterm>

<para>The Grep package contains programs for searching through files.</para>

<screen>&buildtime; 0.1 SBU
&diskspace; 5.8 MB</screen>

<para>Grep installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils,
Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Make, Sed, Texinfo.</para>



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<title>Installation of Grep</title>

<para>Prepare Grep for compilation:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin --with-included-regex</userinput></screen>

<para>Compile the package:</para>

<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

<para>To test the results, issue:
<userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>

<para>Now install the package:</para>

<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

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<sect2 id="contents-grep"><title>Contents of Grep</title>

<para><emphasis>Installed programs</emphasis>: egrep (link to grep), fgrep
(link to grep) and grep</para>

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<sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>

<indexterm zone="ch-system-grep egrep"><primary sortas="b-egrep">egrep</primary></indexterm>
<para id="egrep"><command>egrep</command> prints lines matching an extended regular
expression.</para>

<indexterm zone="ch-system-grep fgrep"><primary sortas="b-fgrep">fgrep</primary></indexterm>
<para id="fgrep"><command>fgrep</command> prints lines matching a list of fixed
strings.</para>

<indexterm zone="ch-system-grep grep"><primary sortas="b-grep">grep</primary></indexterm>
<para id="grep"><command>grep</command> prints lines matching a basic regular
expression.</para>

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