On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Girish Venkatachalam <girishvenkatacha...@gmail.com> wrote: > $ grep girish /etc/passwd > > is known. grep stands for "global regular expression print" > > In fact it is so well known that I often think that grep should be > made an English verb. > > Anyway the above is not the tip. > > $ grep --color girish /etc/passwd > > shows the matching lines with the keyword in color. >
Note: If you pipe output to another program, coloring is gone. Eg:- $ grep --color girish /etc/passwd | less Thanks Noorul _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
