8.36. Grep-3.11

The Grep package contains programs for searching through the contents of files.

Approximate build time: 0.4 SBU

Required disk space: 39 MB

8.36.1. Installation of Grep

First, remove a warning about using egrep and fgrep that makes tests on some packages fail:

sed -i "s/echo/#echo/" src/egrep.sh

Prepare Grep for compilation:

./configure --prefix=/usr

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install the package:

make install

Installed programs: egrep, fgrep, and grep

egrep	Prints lines matching an extended regular expression. It is obsolete, use grep -E instead
fgrep	Prints lines matching a list of fixed strings. It is obsolete, use grep -F instead
grep	Prints lines matching a basic regular expression