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2       pcregrep - a grep with Perl-compatible regular expressions.       pcregrep - a grep with Perl-compatible regular expressions.
3    
4    
   
5  SYNOPSIS  SYNOPSIS
6       pcregrep [-Vcfhilnrsvx] pattern [file] ...       pcregrep [-Vcfhilnrsuvx] [long options] [pattern] [file1
   
7    
8    
9  DESCRIPTION  DESCRIPTION
10    
11       pcregrep searches files for character patterns, in the  same       pcregrep searches files for character patterns, in the  same
12       way  as other grep commands do, but it uses the PCRE regular       way  as other grep commands do, but it uses the PCRE regular
13       expression library to support patterns that  are  compatible       expression library to support patterns that  are  compatible
14       with  the  regular  expressions of Perl 5. See pcre(3) for a       with  the regular expressions of Perl 5. See pcrepattern for
15       full description of syntax and semantics.       a full description of syntax and semantics  of  the  regular
16         expressions that PCRE supports.
17    
18         A pattern must be specified on the command line  unless  the
19         -f option is used (see below).
20    
21       If no files  are  specified,  pcregrep  reads  the  standard       If no files  are  specified,  pcregrep  reads  the  standard
22       input.  By  default,  each  line that matches the pattern is       input.  By  default,  each  line that matches the pattern is
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30       each line before it is matched against the pattern.       each line before it is matched against the pattern.
31    
32    
   
33  OPTIONS  OPTIONS
34    
35    
36       -V        Write the version number of the PCRE library being       -V        Write the version number of the PCRE library being
37                 used to the standard error stream.                 used to the standard error stream.
38    
# Line 37  OPTIONS Line 41  OPTIONS
41                 wise have  been  printed.  If  several  files  are                 wise have  been  printed.  If  several  files  are
42                 given, a count is printed for each of them.                 given, a count is printed for each of them.
43    
44         versity of Cambridge for use on Unix systems connected  to       -ffilename
45                        the  Internet.   It   is  freely  available                 Read a number of patterns from the file,  one  per
46                 under the terms of                 line,  and  match all of them against each line of
47                        the GNU General Public Licence. In style it                 input. A line is output if  any  of  the  patterns
48                 is similar  to                 match  it.   When  -f is used, no pattern is taken
49                        Smail  3,  but  its   facilities  are  more                 from the command line; all arguments  are  treated
50                 extensive, and in                 as file names. There is a maximum of 100 patterns.
                       particular it has  some  defences   against  
                mail  bombs  and  
                       unsolicited  junk  mail,  in  the  form  of  
                options for refusing  
                       messages from particular  hosts,  networks,  
                or senders.  
   
                       Exim's command  line  takes  the   standard  
   
                Unix  form  of  a  
                       sequence  of  options, each starting with a  
                hyphen  charac-ffilename  Read  patterns  from the  
                file, one per line, and match all patterns against  
                each  line.  There  is  a maximum of 100 patterns.  
51                 Trailing white space is removed, and  blank  lines                 Trailing white space is removed, and  blank  lines
52                 are  ignored.  An  empty file contains no patterns                 are  ignored.  An  empty file contains no patterns
53                 and therefore matches nothing.                 and therefore matches nothing.
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73                 error messages.  The exit status indicates whether                 error messages.  The exit status indicates whether
74                 any matches were found.                 any matches were found.
75    
76         -u        Operate in UTF-8 mode. This  option  is  available
77                   only if PCRE has been compiled with UTF-8 support.
78                   Both the pattern and each subject line are assumed
79                   to be valid strings of UTF-8 characters.
80    
81       -v        Invert the sense of the match, so that lines which       -v        Invert the sense of the match, so that lines which
82                 do not match the pattern are now the ones that are                 do not match the pattern are now the ones that are
83                 found.                 found.
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90                 the regular expression.                 the regular expression.
91    
92    
93    LONG OPTIONS
94    
95  SEE ALSO       Long forms of all the options are available, as in GNU grep.
96       pcre(3), Perl 5 documentation       They are shown in the following table:
   
97    
98           -c   --count
99           -h   --no-filename
100           -i   --ignore-case
101           -l   --files-with-matches
102           -n   --line-number
103           -r   --recursive
104           -s   --no-messages
105           -u   --utf-8
106           -V   --version
107           -v   --invert-match
108           -x   --line-regex
109           -x   --line-regexp
110    
111         In addition, --file=filename is  equivalent  to  -ffilename,
112         and --help shows the list of options and then exits.
113    
114    
115  DIAGNOSTICS  DIAGNOSTICS
116    
117       Exit status is 0 if any matches were found, 1 if no  matches       Exit status is 0 if any matches were found, 1 if no  matches
118       were  found,  and  2  for syntax errors or inacessible files       were  found,  and  2  for syntax errors or inacessible files
119       (even if matches were found).       (even if matches were found).
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121    
122    
123  AUTHOR  AUTHOR
124    
125       Philip Hazel <ph10@cam.ac.uk>       Philip Hazel <ph10@cam.ac.uk>
126         University Computing Service
127         Cambridge CB2 3QG, England.
128    
129       Last updated: 15 August 2001  Last updated: 03 February 2003
130       Copyright (c) 1997-2001 University of Cambridge.  Copyright (c) 1997-2003 University of Cambridge.
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