GNU Grep

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:graphical_user_interface
gptkb:software
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:grep
gptkbp:commandLineOption --color
-A (after context)
-B (before context)
-C (context lines)
-E (extended regex)
-F (fixed strings)
-P (Perl regex)
-c (count matches)
-i (ignore case)
-l (list files with matches)
-n (show line numbers)
-o (only matching part)
-r (recursive)
-v (invert match)
gptkbp:developer gptkb:software
gptkbp:distribution gptkb:macOS
gptkb:GNU_operating_systems
gptkb:Linux_distributions
Windows (via ports)
gptkbp:feature Perl-compatible regular expressions (with -P option)
color highlighting
recursive search
gptkbp:firstReleased 1986
gptkbp:genre gptkb:search_engine
text processing
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label GNU Grep
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Unix_grep
gptkbp:inspiredBy gptkb:Ken_Thompson's_original_grep
gptkbp:latestReleaseVersion 2023-09-13
3.11
gptkbp:license gptkb:GNU_General_Public_License
gptkbp:maintainedBy gptkb:software
gptkbp:operatingSystem gptkb:Windows
gptkb:Linux
Unix-like
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:GNU_Core_Utilities
gptkbp:programmingLanguage C
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:ripgrep
gptkb:GNU_Awk
gptkb:GNU_Sed
ack
gptkbp:supportsRegularExpressions yes
gptkbp:usedFor log analysis
pattern matching
data extraction
filtering output
searching text files
gptkbp:website https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:software
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4