Filter results through pipe with grep - UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

ckandreou · #1 07-10-2006

ls -ltr | grep string
How can I use regular expressions to filter the results provided even more. I am using the above command as a reference.

vgersh99 · #2 07-10-2006

either use 'grep' with the -'-E'
OR
use 'egrep' if you have one on your system

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