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Which of the following UNIX command is used for pattern matching ?

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awk
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pattern
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grep
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The correct option is C grep

grep UNIX command is used for pattern matching.

UNIX is a family of multitasking, multiuser computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T UNIX, development starting in the 1970s at the Bell Labs research center by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and others.

The grep (Global Regular Expression Print) is a UNIX command utility that can be used to find specific patterns described in “regular expressions”.

Example:- the “grep” command can be used to match all lines containing a specific pattern.

The grep command is used to search text or searches the given file for lines containing a match to the given strings or words. By default, grep displays the matching lines. Grep is considered to be one of the most useful commands on Linux and Unix-like operating systems.


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