How to Install grep software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install grep software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

grep software package provides GNU grep, egrep and fgrep, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install grep 

grep is installed in your system.

Make ensure the grep package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep grep *

You will get with grep package name, version, architecture and description in a table

grep package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Utilities
Package grep
Version 2.16-1
Description GNU grep, egrep and fgrep
Sub Section Utils


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