How Do I Use Multiple Grep in Unix?
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How do I grep multiple values in a file?

The basic grep syntax when searching multiple patterns in a file includes using the grep command followed by strings and the name of the file or its path. The patterns need to be enclosed using single quotes and separated by the pipe symbol. Use the backslash before pipe | for regular expressions.

How do you add two grep commands?

Two possibilities:

  1. Group them: { grep ‘substring1’ file1.txt grep ‘substring2’ file2.txt } > outfile.txt. …
  2. Use the appending redirection operator >> for the second redirection: grep ‘substring1’ file1.txt > outfile.txt grep ‘substring2’ file2.txt >> outfile.txt.
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