10.43. Grep-2.5.1a

The Grep package contains programs for searching through files.

10.43.1. Installation of Grep

Prepare Grep for compilation:

CC="gcc ${BUILD64}" ./configure --prefix=/usr \
   --bindir=/bin

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Install the package:

make install

Installed programs: egrep (link to grep), fgrep (link to grep), and grep

egrep	Prints lines matching an extended regular expression
fgrep	Prints lines matching a list of fixed strings
grep	Prints lines matching a basic regular expression