CVSROOT: /webcvs/grep Module name: grep Changes by: Jim Meyering <meyering> 21/08/14 16:46:41
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newlines within <var>patterns</var> separate each pattern from the next. If this option is used multiple times or is combined with the @@ -84,11 +76,10 @@ (<samp>-e</samp> is specified by POSIX.) </p> </dd> -<dt><samp>-f <var>file</var></samp></dt> -<dt><samp>--file=<var>file</var></samp></dt> -<dd><a name="index-_002df"></a> -<a name="index-_002d_002dfile"></a> -<a name="index-patterns-from-file"></a> +<dt id='index-_002df'><span><samp>-f <var>file</var></samp><a href='#index-_002df' class='copiable-anchor'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dt><span><samp>--file=<var>file</var></samp></span></dt> +<dd><span id="index-_002d_002dfile"></span> +<span id="index-patterns-from-file"></span> <p>Obtain patterns from <var>file</var>, one per line. If this option is used multiple times or is combined with the <samp>-e</samp> (<samp>--regexp</samp>) option, search for all patterns given. @@ -96,13 +87,12 @@ (<samp>-f</samp> is specified by POSIX.) </p> </dd> -<dt><samp>-i</samp></dt> -<dt><samp>-y</samp></dt> -<dt><samp>--ignore-case</samp></dt> -<dd><a name="index-_002di"></a> -<a name="index-_002dy"></a> -<a name="index-_002d_002dignore_002dcase"></a> -<a name="index-case-insensitive-search"></a> +<dt id='index-_002di'><span><samp>-i</samp><a href='#index-_002di' class='copiable-anchor'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dt><span><samp>-y</samp></span></dt> +<dt><span><samp>--ignore-case</samp></span></dt> +<dd><span id="index-_002dy"></span> +<span id="index-_002d_002dignore_002dcase"></span> +<span id="index-case-insensitive-search"></span> <p>Ignore case distinctions in patterns and input data, so that characters that differ only in case match each other. Although this is straightforward when letters @@ -121,29 +111,26 @@ (<samp>-i</samp> is specified by POSIX.) </p> </dd> -<dt><samp>--no-ignore-case</samp></dt> -<dd><a name="index-_002d_002dno_002dignore_002dcase"></a> -<p>Do not ignore case distinctions in patterns and input data. This is +<dt id='index-_002d_002dno_002dignore_002dcase'><span><samp>--no-ignore-case</samp><a href='#index-_002d_002dno_002dignore_002dcase' class='copiable-anchor'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dd><p>Do not ignore case distinctions in patterns and input data. This is the default. This option is useful for passing to shell scripts that already use <samp>-i</samp>, in order to cancel its effects because the two options override each other. </p> </dd> -<dt><samp>-v</samp></dt> -<dt><samp>--invert-match</samp></dt> -<dd><a name="index-_002dv"></a> -<a name="index-_002d_002dinvert_002dmatch"></a> -<a name="index-invert-matching"></a> -<a name="index-print-non_002dmatching-lines"></a> +<dt id='index-_002dv'><span><samp>-v</samp><a href='#index-_002dv' class='copiable-anchor'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dt><span><samp>--invert-match</samp></span></dt> +<dd><span id="index-_002d_002dinvert_002dmatch"></span> +<span id="index-invert-matching"></span> +<span id="index-print-non_002dmatching-lines"></span> <p>Invert the sense of matching, to select non-matching lines. (<samp>-v</samp> is specified by POSIX.) </p> </dd> -<dt><samp>-w</samp></dt> -<dt><samp>--word-regexp</samp></dt> -<dd><a name="index-_002dw"></a> -<a name="index-_002d_002dword_002dregexp"></a> -<a name="index-matching-whole-words"></a> +<dt id='index-_002dw'><span><samp>-w</samp><a href='#index-_002dw' class='copiable-anchor'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dt><span><samp>--word-regexp</samp></span></dt> +<dd><span id="index-_002d_002dword_002dregexp"></span> +<span id="index-matching-whole-words"></span> <p>Select only those lines containing matches that form whole words. The test is that the matching substring must either be at the beginning of the line, @@ -159,14 +146,13 @@ regular expression with ‘<samp>\<</samp>’ and ‘<samp>\></samp>’. For example, although ‘<samp>grep -w @</samp>’ matches a line containing only ‘<samp>@</samp>’, ‘<samp>grep '\<@\>'</samp>’ cannot match any line because ‘<samp>@</samp>’ is not a -word constituent. See <a href="The-Backslash-Character-and-Special-Expressions.html#The-Backslash-Character-and-Special-Expressions">The Backslash Character and Special Expressions</a>. +word constituent. See <a href="The-Backslash-Character-and-Special-Expressions.html">The Backslash Character and Special Expressions</a>. </p> </dd> -<dt><samp>-x</samp></dt> -<dt><samp>--line-regexp</samp></dt> -<dd><a name="index-_002dx"></a> -<a name="index-_002d_002dline_002dregexp"></a> -<a name="index-match-the-whole-line"></a> +<dt id='index-_002dx'><span><samp>-x</samp><a href='#index-_002dx' class='copiable-anchor'> ¶</a></span></dt> +<dt><span><samp>--line-regexp</samp></span></dt> +<dd><span id="index-_002d_002dline_002dregexp"></span> +<span id="index-match-the-whole-line"></span> <p>Select only those matches that exactly match the whole line. For regular expression patterns, this is like parenthesizing each pattern and then surrounding it with ‘<samp>^</samp>’ and ‘<samp>$</samp>’. @@ -175,10 +161,11 @@ </dd> </dl> +</div> <hr> <div class="header"> <p> -Next: <a href="General-Output-Control.html#General-Output-Control" accesskey="n" rel="next">General Output Control</a>, Previous: <a href="Generic-Program-Information.html#Generic-Program-Information" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Generic Program Information</a>, Up: <a href="Command_002dline-Options.html#Command_002dline-Options" accesskey="u" rel="up">Command-line Options</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Index.html#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p> +Next: <a href="General-Output-Control.html">General Output Control</a>, Previous: <a href="Generic-Program-Information.html">Generic Program Information</a>, Up: <a href="Command_002dline-Options.html">Command-line Options</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Index.html" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p> </div>
