grep

Parameters:
Name Type Required Default Hint
input string false The piped input to be checked.
expression string false A regular expression to match against each line of the input. Only matching lines will be output.
count boolean false false Return only a count of the matched rows

Command Usage

Search through string input and filter only matching lines. Pipe input in and supply a regular expression.

Find Brad's ForgeBox entries

forgebox show | grep Brad
Find recent install commands
history | grep install
Search log file for certain errors
cat myLogFile.txt | grep "variable .* undefined"