grep

Maintainers

• The Core Planners: [email protected]

Type of Package

Binary package

Use as Dependency

Binary packages can be set as runtime or build time dependencies. See Defining your dependencies for more information.

To add core/grep as a depdendency, you can add one of the following to your plan file.

Buildtime Dependency

pkg_build_deps=(core/grep)

Runtime Depdendency

pkg_deps=(core/grep)

Use as Tool

Installation

To install this plan, you should run the following commands to first install, and then link the binaries this plan creates.

hab pkg install core/grep

» Installing core/grep

☁ Determining latest version of core/grep in the 'stable' channel

☛ Verifying core/grep/3.3/20200305232635

...

✓ Installed core/grep/3.3/20200305232635

★ Install of core/grep/3.3/20200305232635 complete with 1 new packages installed.

hab pkg binlink core/grep

» Binlinking fgrep from core/grep into /bin

★ Binlinked fgrep from core/grep/3.3/20200305232635 to /bin/fgrep

Using an example binary

You can now use the binary as normal:

/bin/grep --help or grep --help

Usage: grep [OPTION]... PATTERNS [FILE]...
Search for PATTERNS in each FILE.
Example: grep -i 'hello world' menu.h main.c
PATTERNS can contain multiple patterns separated by newlines.

Pattern selection and interpretation:
  -E, --extended-regexp     PATTERNS are extended regular expressions
  -F, --fixed-strings       PATTERNS are strings
  -G, --basic-regexp        PATTERNS are basic regular expressions
  -P, --perl-regexp         PATTERNS are Perl regular expressions
  -e, --regexp=PATTERNS     use PATTERNS for matching
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