print lines matching a pattern |
-o, --only-matching Print only the matched (non-empty) parts of a matching line, with each such part on a separate output line. |
-P, --perl-regexp Interpret PATTERN as a Perl regular expression (PCRE, see below). This is highly experimental and grep -P may warn of unimplemented features. |
-m NUM, --max-count=NUM Stop reading a file after NUM matching lines. If the input is standard input from a regular file, and NUM matching lines are output, grep ensures that the standard input is positioned to just after the last matching line before exiting, regardless of the presence of trailing context lines. This enables a calling process to resume a search. When grep stops after NUM matching lines, it outputs any trailing context lines. When the -c or --count option is also used, grep does not output a count greater than NUM. When the -v or --invert-match option is also used, grep stops after outputting NUM non-matching lines. |
grep searches the named input FILEs (or standard input if no files are named, or if a single hyphen-minus (-) is given as file name) for lines containing a match to the given PATTERN. By default, grep prints the matching lines. |