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.TH PGREP 1
.SH NAME
pgrep - a grep with Perl-compatible regular expressions.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pgrep [-Vchilnsvx] pattern [file] ...


.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBpgrep\fR searches files for character patterns, in the same way as other
grep commands do, but it uses the PCRE regular expression library to support
patterns that are compatible with the regular expressions of Perl 5. See
\fBpcre(3)\fR for a full description of syntax and semantics.

If no files are specified, \fBpgrep\fR reads the standard input. By default,
each line that matches the pattern is copied to the standard output, and if
there is more than one file, the file name is printed before each line of
output. However, there are options that can change how \fBpgrep\fR behaves.

Lines are limited to BUFSIZ characters. BUFSIZ is defined in \fB<stdio.h>\fR.
The newline character is removed from the end of each line before it is matched
against the pattern.


.SH OPTIONS
.TP 10
\fB-V\fR
Write the version number of the PCRE library being used to the standard error
stream.
.TP
\fB-c\fR
Do not print individual lines; instead just print a count of the number of
lines that would otherwise have been printed. If several files are given, a
count is printed for each of them.
.TP
\fB-h\fR
Suppress printing of filenames when searching multiple files.
.TP
\fB-i\fR
Ignore upper/lower case distinctions during comparisons.
.TP
\fB-l\fR
Instead of printing lines from the files, just print the names of the files
containing lines that would have been printed. Each file name is printed
once, on a separate line.
.TP
\fB-n\fR
Precede each line by its line number in the file.
.TP
\fB-s\fR
Work silently, that is, display nothing except error messages.
The exit status indicates whether any matches were found.
.TP
\fB-v\fR
Invert the sense of the match, so that lines which do \fInot\fR match the
pattern are now the ones that are found.
.TP
\fB-x\fR
Force the pattern to be anchored (it must start matching at the beginning of
the line) and in addition, require it to match the entire line. This is
equivalent to having ^ and $ characters at the start and end of each
alternative branch in the regular expression.


.SH SEE ALSO
\fBpcre(3)\fR, Perl 5 documentation


.SH DIAGNOSTICS
Exit status is 0 if any matches were found, 1 if no matches were found, and 2
for syntax errors or inacessible files (even if matches were found).


.SH AUTHOR
Philip Hazel <ph10@cam.ac.uk>
.br
Copyright (c) 1997-1999 University of Cambridge.
1	nigel	41	.TH PGREP 1
2			.SH NAME
3			pgrep - a grep with Perl-compatible regular expressions.
4			.SH SYNOPSIS
5			.B pgrep [-Vchilnsvx] pattern [file] ...
6
7
8			.SH DESCRIPTION
9			\fBpgrep\fR searches files for character patterns, in the same way as other
10			grep commands do, but it uses the PCRE regular expression library to support
11			patterns that are compatible with the regular expressions of Perl 5. See
12			\fBpcre(3)\fR for a full description of syntax and semantics.
13
14			If no files are specified, \fBpgrep\fR reads the standard input. By default,
15			each line that matches the pattern is copied to the standard output, and if
16			there is more than one file, the file name is printed before each line of
17			output. However, there are options that can change how \fBpgrep\fR behaves.
18
19			Lines are limited to BUFSIZ characters. BUFSIZ is defined in \fB<stdio.h>\fR.
20			The newline character is removed from the end of each line before it is matched
21			against the pattern.
22
23
24			.SH OPTIONS
25			.TP 10
26			\fB-V\fR
27			Write the version number of the PCRE library being used to the standard error
28			stream.
29			.TP
30			\fB-c\fR
31			Do not print individual lines; instead just print a count of the number of
32			lines that would otherwise have been printed. If several files are given, a
33			count is printed for each of them.
34			.TP
35			\fB-h\fR
36			Suppress printing of filenames when searching multiple files.
37			.TP
38			\fB-i\fR
39			Ignore upper/lower case distinctions during comparisons.
40			.TP
41			\fB-l\fR
42			Instead of printing lines from the files, just print the names of the files
43			containing lines that would have been printed. Each file name is printed
44			once, on a separate line.
45			.TP
46			\fB-n\fR
47			Precede each line by its line number in the file.
48			.TP
49			\fB-s\fR
50			Work silently, that is, display nothing except error messages.
51			The exit status indicates whether any matches were found.
52			.TP
53			\fB-v\fR
54			Invert the sense of the match, so that lines which do \fInot\fR match the
55			pattern are now the ones that are found.
56			.TP
57			\fB-x\fR
58			Force the pattern to be anchored (it must start matching at the beginning of
59			the line) and in addition, require it to match the entire line. This is
60			equivalent to having ^ and $ characters at the start and end of each
61			alternative branch in the regular expression.
62
63
64			.SH SEE ALSO
65			\fBpcre(3)\fR, Perl 5 documentation
66
67
68			.SH DIAGNOSTICS
69			Exit status is 0 if any matches were found, 1 if no matches were found, and 2
70			for syntax errors or inacessible files (even if matches were found).
71
72
73			.SH AUTHOR
74			Philip Hazel <ph10@cam.ac.uk>
75			.br
76			Copyright (c) 1997-1999 University of Cambridge.