# Search for a pattern within a file:grep "search_pattern" path/to/file# Search for an exact string (disables regular expressions):grep --fixed-strings "exact_string" path/to/filegrep -F "exact_string" path/to/file# Search for a pattern in all files recursively in a directory, showing line numbers of matches, ignoring binary files:grep --recursive --line-number --binary-files=without-match "search_pattern" path/to/directory# Use extended regular expressions (supports `?`, `+`, `{}`, `()` and `|`), in case-insensitive mode:grep --extended-regexp --ignore-case "search_pattern" path/to/file# Print 3 lines of context around, before, or after each match:grep --context|before-context|after-context=3 "search_pattern" path/to/file# Print file name and line number for each match with color output:grep --with-filename --line-number --color=always "search_pattern" path/to/file# Search for lines matching a pattern, printing only the matched text:grep --only-matching "search_pattern" path/to/file# Search stdin for lines that do not match a pattern:cat path/to/file | grep --invert-match "search_pattern"