Grep-2.5.1
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Grep-2.5.1

The Grep package contains programs for searching through files.

Approximate build time:  0.1 SBU
Required disk space:     5.8 MB

Grep installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Make, Sed, Texinfo.

Installation of Grep

Prepare Grep for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin --with-included-regex

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now install the package:

make install

Contents of Grep

Installed programs: egrep (link to grep), fgrep (link to grep) and grep

Short descriptions

egrep prints lines matching an extended regular expression.

fgrep prints lines matching a list of fixed strings.

grep prints lines matching a basic regular expression.

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