What you'll learn

It's pretty much impossible to maintain some kind of control over the massive files and data streams generated by your Linux servers by starting from page one and reading to the end. The only hope you have is by quickly identifying the text you need through smart text filtering. For that, your best friend will probably be grep. In this course, Welcome to the Linux Grep Command, you'll learn the necessary grep functionality to make all that happen. First, you’ll explore the basic use-cases where grep shines. Next, you’ll discover how to control how grep filters through character attributes. Finally, you’ll learn how to both include and exclude results according to your specific needs. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of grep pattern matching to efficiently handle your text-based Linux operations.