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-v:print the lines that DON'T match the pattern.

-c:print a count of the number of matching lines in each file.

-l:print the name of each file that has a match.

Note: Options m, v, c and l are exclusive. Only one of these may be selected.

-x:the pattern must match the entire line to succeed.

-i:ignore the case of each character while matching.

-n:print the line number that the match occurred on.

-f:print the full path name of the file when printing filenames.

-s:do not report errors encountered while opening or reading files.

-e:use the next argument as the pattern to search for. This is useful if the pattern begins with a - or / character.

-?: Display program description.

Note: If the environment variable FGrep exists, its value is used to establish default options.

Note: You can override an option that was specified in the environment variable by following the option with a minus '-' sign. For example, to turn off the -ioption, specify -i-.

See Also

For related information, see:

About Common Utilities

How to Use the Grep Utility

Cisco Support Tools 1.0 User Guide How to Use the FGrep Utility 224