Cisco Support Tools 1.0 User Guide How to Use the Grep Utility 228
How to Use the Grep Utility Use the Grep utility to perform a regular expression search for text patterns through
text files.
To Access Grep from the Dashboard
To run Grep from the Support Tools Dashboard:
1. Use the System Select screen to select the system you want to work with.
2. From the Dashboard menu, select Common Tools > Grep.
3. In the Arguments field, enter desired arguments, as described in the Using
section below.
Note: When entering arguments, the Grep command is already implied. Do not
enter it in the Arguments field.
4. Specify the command duration time or accept the default (60 seconds). This is
the amount of time the command will attempt to run before terminating.
5. If desired, check Elevate Command Priority. This ensures the command will run
regardless of the level of server activity.
6. Click the Run button.
Using Grep
Syntax
grep [ -mvclinfse? ] <pattern> file1 ...
Command Line Options
The options for Grep are:
-m: print the lines that match the pattern (DEFAULT).
-v: print the lines that DON'T match the pattern.
-c: print a count of the number of matching lines in each file.