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* grep: (grep).                   print lines matching a pattern.
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   This file documents `grep', a pattern matching engine.

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Index
*****

   This is an alphabetical list of all `grep' commands, command-line
options, and environment variables.

* Menu:

* *:                                     Regular Expressions.
* +:                                     Regular Expressions.
* --after-context:                       Invoking.
* --basic-regexp:                        Grep Programs.
* --before-context:                      Invoking.
* --binary:                              Invoking.
* --binary-files:                        Invoking.
* --byte-offset:                         Invoking.
* --colour:                              Invoking.
* --context:                             Invoking.
* --count:                               Invoking.
* --devices:                             Invoking.
* --directories:                         Invoking.
* --exclude:                             Invoking.
* --extended-regexp:                     Grep Programs.
* --file:                                Invoking.
* --files-with-matches:                  Invoking.
* --files-without-match:                 Invoking.
* --fixed-strings:                       Grep Programs.
* --help:                                Invoking.
* --ignore-case:                         Invoking.
* --include:                             Invoking.
* --invert-match:                        Invoking.
* --label:                               Invoking.
* --line-buffered:                       Invoking.
* --line-number:                         Invoking.
* --line-regexp:                         Invoking.
* --max-count:                           Invoking.
* --mmap:                                Invoking.
* --no-filename:                         Invoking.
* --no-messages:                         Invoking.
* --null:                                Invoking.
* --null-data:                           Invoking.
* --only-matching:                       Invoking.
* --perl-regexp:                         Grep Programs.
* --quiet:                               Invoking.
* --recursive:                           Invoking.
* --regexp=PATTERN:                      Invoking.
* --silent:                              Invoking.
* --text:                                Invoking.
* --unix-byte-offsets:                   Invoking.
* --version:                             Invoking.
* --With-filename:                       Invoking.
* --word-regexp:                         Invoking.
* -a:                                    Invoking.
* -A:                                    Invoking.
* -B:                                    Invoking.
* -b:                                    Invoking.
* -c:                                    Invoking.
* -C:                                    Invoking.
* -d:                                    Invoking.
* -D:                                    Invoking.
* -e:                                    Invoking.
* -E:                                    Grep Programs.
* -f:                                    Invoking.
* -F:                                    Grep Programs.
* -G:                                    Grep Programs.
* -H:                                    Invoking.
* -h:                                    Invoking.
* -i:                                    Invoking.
* -L:                                    Invoking.
* -l:                                    Invoking.
* -m:                                    Invoking.
* -n:                                    Invoking.
* -NUM:                                  Invoking.
* -o:                                    Invoking.
* -P:                                    Grep Programs.
* -q:                                    Invoking.
* -r:                                    Invoking.
* -s:                                    Invoking.
* -U:                                    Invoking.
* -u:                                    Invoking.
* -V:                                    Invoking.
* -v:                                    Invoking.
* -w:                                    Invoking.
* -x:                                    Invoking.
* -y:                                    Invoking.
* -Z:                                    Invoking.
* -z:                                    Invoking.
* .:                                     Regular Expressions.
* ?:                                     Regular Expressions.
* _N_GNU_nonoption_argv_flags_:          Invoking.
* alnum:                                 Regular Expressions.
* alpha:                                 Regular Expressions.
* blank:                                 Regular Expressions.
* cntrl:                                 Regular Expressions.
* digit:                                 Regular Expressions.
* graph:                                 Regular Expressions.
* GREP_COLOR:                            Invoking.
* GREP_OPTIONS:                          Invoking.
* LANG:                                  Invoking.
* LC_ALL:                                Invoking.
* LC_COLLATE:                            Invoking.
* LC_CTYPE:                              Invoking.
* LC_MESSAGES:                           Invoking.
* lower:                                 Regular Expressions.
* POSIXLY_CORRECT:                       Invoking.
* print:                                 Regular Expressions.
* punct:                                 Regular Expressions.
* space:                                 Regular Expressions.
* upper:                                 Regular Expressions.
* xdigit:                                Regular Expressions.
* {n,m}:                                 Regular Expressions.
* {n,}:                                  Regular Expressions.
* {n}:                                   Regular Expressions.


