fgrep(1)			 User Commands			      fgrep(1)

NAME
       fgrep - search a file for a fixed-character string

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/bin/fgrep [-bchilnsvx] -e pattern_list [file...]

       /usr/bin/fgrep [-bchilnsvx] -f file [file...]

       /usr/bin/fgrep [-bchilnsvx] pattern [file...]

       /usr/xpg4/bin/fgrep [-bchilnqsvx] -e pattern_list [-f file]
	    [file...]

       /usr/xpg4/bin/fgrep [-bchilnqsvx] [-e pattern_list] -f file
	    [file...]

       /usr/xpg4/bin/fgrep [-bchilnqsvx] pattern [file...]

DESCRIPTION
       The  fgrep  (fixed  grep) utility searches files for a character string
       and prints all lines that contain that string. fgrep is different  from
       grep(1)	and from egrep(1) because it searches for a string, instead of
       searching for a pattern that matches an expression.

       The characters $, *, [, ^, |, (, ), and \ are interpreted literally  by
       fgrep,  that  is,  fgrep does not recognize full regular expressions as
       does egrep. These characters have special meaning to the shell.	There‐
       fore, to be safe, enclose the entire string within single quotes (a´).

       If no files are specified, fgrep assumes standard input. Normally, each
       line that is found is copied to the standard output. The file  name  is
       printed	before each line that is found if there is more than one input
       file.

OPTIONS
       The  following  options	are  supported	for  both  /usr/bin/fgrep  and
       /usr/xpg4/bin/fgrep:

       -b		  Precedes  each line by the block number on which the
			  line was found. This can be useful in locating block
			  numbers by context. The first block is 0.

       -c		  Prints  only	a  count of the lines that contain the
			  pattern.

       -e pattern_list	  Searches for a string in pattern-list. This is  use‐
			  ful when the string begins with a −.

       -f pattern-file	  Takes the list of patterns from pattern-file.

       -h		  Suppresses printing of files when searching multiple
			  files.

       -i		  Ignores upper/lower case distinction during  compar‐
			  isons.

       -l		  Prints  the names of files with matching lines once,
			  separated by new-lines. Does not repeat the names of
			  files when the pattern is found more than once.

       -n		  Precedes  each  line by its line number in the file.
			  The first line is 1.

       -s		  Works silently, that	is,  displays  nothing	except
			  error	 messages.  This  is  useful  for checking the
			  error status.

       -v		  Prints all lines except those that contain the  pat‐
			  tern.

       -x		  Prints only lines that are matched entirely.

   /usr/xpg4/bin/fgrep
       The following options are supported for /usr/xpg4/bin/fgrep only:

       -q    Quiet. Does not write anything to the standard output, regardless
	     of matching lines. Exits with zero status if  an  input  line  is
	     selected.

OPERANDS
       The following operands are supported:

       file    Specifies  a  path  name	 of a file to be searched for the pat‐
	       terns. If no file operands are specified,  the  standard	 input
	       will be used.

   /usr/bin/fgrep
       pattern	  Specifies a pattern to be used during the search for input.

   /usr/xpg4/bin/fgrep
       pattern	  Specifies  one or more patterns to be used during the search
		  for input. This operand is treated as if it  were  specified
		  as -e pattern_list.

USAGE
       See  largefile(5)  for  the  description	 of the behavior of fgrep when
       encountering files greater than or equal to 2 Gbyte ( 2^31 bytes).

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment  variables
       that  affect the execution of fgrep: LC_COLLATE, LC_CTYPE, LC_MESSAGES,
       and NLSPATH.

EXIT STATUS
       The following exit values are returned:

       0    If any matches are found

       1    If no matches are found

       2    For syntax errors or inaccessible  files,  even  if	 matches  were
	    found.

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

   /usr/bin/fgrep
       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     │	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Availability		     │SUNWcs			   │
       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

   /usr/xpg4/bin/fgrep
       ┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
       │      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     │	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │Availability		     │SUNWxcu4			   │
       ├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │CSI			     │Enabled			   │
       └─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

SEE ALSO
       ed(1),  egrep(1),  grep(1),  sed(1),  sh(1), attributes(5), environ(5),
       largefile(5), XPG4(5)

NOTES
       Ideally, there should be only one grep command, but there is not a sin‐
       gle algorithm that spans a wide enough range of space-time tradeoffs.

       Lines are limited only by the size of the available virtual memory.

   /usr/xpg4/bin/fgrep
       The  /usr/xpg4/bin/fgrep	 utility is identical to /usr/xpg4/bin/grep -F
       (see grep(1)). Portable applications should use /usr/xpg4/bin/grep -F.


SunOS 5.10			  23 Mar 2010			      fgrep(1)

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