Search file(s) for lines that match a fixed string
Syntax
fgrep <options> ...
fgrep is the same as `grep -F'
all other options are the same as grep
It's a popular fallacy that `fgrep' stands for fast-grep.
In fact `fgrep' means fixed-string grep, it has no performance boost
over `grep'
"The knowledge imposes a pattern, and falsifies, For the pattern is new in
every moment..." - T. S. Eliot
Related:
egrep - Search file(s) for lines that match an extended
expression
gawk - Find and Replace text within file(s)
grep - Search file(s) for lines that match a given pattern
Equivalent Windows command: FINDSTR - Search for strings in files
