If you use the Unix terminal, you’re probably familiar with grep. It’s a great search tool. But sometimes it is a little slow. Luckily, there is a faster version, with the original name of fgrep, though you might be surprised to learn it doesn’t actually stand for fast grep. But don’t be confused – it is faster.
You use it in avery similar way to the way you would use grep. So for most occasions, simply replace grep with fgrep for faster results.
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Tags: fgrep, grep, linux, search
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