GNU GREP and RIPGREP The search is on

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Preface Prerequisites Acknowledgements Feedback and Errata Author info License Book version Introduction Installation Options overview Frequently used options Simple string search Case insensitive search Invert matching lines Line number and count Limiting output lines Multiple search strings Filename instead of matching lines Filename prefix for matching lines Colored output Match whole word or line Extract only matching portion Exercises BRE/ERE Regular Expressions Line Anchors Word Anchors Alternation Grouping Escaping metacharacters The dot meta character Greedy Quantifiers Character classes Backreferences Exercises Context matching -A -B -C Contiguous matches Customizing separators Exercises Recursive search -r and -R Customize search path Extended globs Using find command Piping filenames Exercises Miscellaneous options Scripting options Multiline matching Byte offset --label Options not covered Exercises Perl Compatible Regular Expressions BRE/ERE vs PCRE subtle differences String anchors Escape sequences Non-greedy quantifiers Possessive quantifiers Grouping variants Lookarounds Variable length lookbehind Modifiers \Q and \E \G anchor Skipping matches Recursive matching Unicode Exercises Gotchas and Tricks ripgrep Installation Default behavior Options overview Literal search Case insensitive search Invert matching lines Line number and count Limiting output lines Multiple search strings Filename instead of matching lines Filename prefix for matching lines Colored output Match whole word or line Extract only matching portion Context matching Scripting options Byte offset Rust Regex Line Anchors Word Anchors String anchors Alternation Grouping Escaping metacharacters The dot meta character Greedy Quantifiers Non-greedy quantifiers Character classes Backreferences Modifiers Unicode PCRE2 Recursive options Speed comparison ripgrep-all Exercises Further Reading