grep is the established tool for full-text file search on the command line. But alternatives are available, like ripgrep, ag, and sift. But should you switch and, if so, which should be your search ...

One of the first grep habits I developed was to stop assuming I knew how something was capitalized. Rather than guess, I just let grep handle it for me. That’s where -i comes in. It tells grep to ...

I'm using grep to search for a pattern. <BR><BR>grep -i -r 'pattern" "path in the box"<BR><BR>How can I use the grep but instesad of including pattern excluding pattern. Example, I want to search for ...

I do a lot of work with textual data files, things like membership lists, race results, and team rosters—the sort of thing you get when exporting from a database or saving a spreadsheet in ...