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grep exact match

echo olavo|grep -E "^olavo$" # returns olavo
echo olavo|grep -E "ola$"    # returns none

grep exact match

grep -P '^(tomcat!?)' tst1.txt

grep search match

grep -rn regex_search folder_where_to_search
#Ex: search pattern in "." current folder (r) recursively
grep -rn pattern .

grep or match

$ grep "PATTERN1|PATTERN2" FILE
$ grep -E "PATTERN1|PATTERN2" FILE
$ grep -e PATTERN1 -e PATTERN2 FILE
$ egrep "PATTERN1|PATTERN2" FILE