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______ option counts the number of lines containing the pattern?(a) -c(b) -i(c) -e(d) -nThis question was addressed to me during an online exam.I'm obligated to ask this question of grep command in portion Filters using Regular Expressions of Unix

Answer» CORRECT option is (a) -c

Easy explanation: The -c option when used with grep COMMAND, COUNTS the number of LINES containing the PATTERN (which is not same as the number of occurrences of the pattern). For example,


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