 | Chapter 27 Searching Through Files |  |
| Chapter 27 Searching Through Files | |
One very useful grep option is -w, which tells it to
report a line containing the pattern only when the pattern appears as
a separate word. This is just like the
\< and \> (26.4)
pattern-matching
characters, but a lot easier to type.
(Unfortunately, not all versions of grep have -w.)
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| 27.3 Finding Text That Doesn't Match |  | 27.5 Extended Searching for Text with egrep |
