------------------------------------------------------------------------ grep ------------------------------------------------------------------------ search for patterns -c do not print matched lines, print total count of matched lines -d action, applies to directory files. action "read" (default), "skip", "recurse" -e pattern, specify pattern. useful when you want to give multiple patterns are specified (alternative: put those in files) -i ignore case -A num, print num lines after each match -B num, print num lines before each match -C num, prince +/- num lines for each match (default is 2)