how to grep multiple patterns

[Padma Asrani]

Hi

My requirement is that I wanted to grep multiple patterns from the output of some command.

For example

Output is

10 Selection Name XXX
44 isInterface TRUE
52 isIP TRUE
53 isIPX FALSE

I wanted to grep the value of Selection name XXX and also isIPF(FALSE) in a single command

Regards
Padma

[Geoff Wild]

egrep

egrep "Selection Name XXX|FALSE"

Rgds...Geoff

[Geoff Wild · Accepted solution]

egrep

command |egrep "Selection Name XXX|FALSE"

Rgds...Geoff

[Sandman!]

# | grep -E "Selection Name XXX|isIPX FALSE"

[Padma Asrani]

Thanks a lot for quick response. It works.

Regards
Padma

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

# grep -e XXX -e isIPF

Regards!

...JRF...

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

# grep -e XXX -e isIPX

Regards!

...JRF...

[Padma Asrani]

Thanks a lot to all

[Dennis Handly]

As mentioned by several people, there is a -e option just for that. I'd use that over the egrep hammer.

You can also use -f file and put the patterns there. And finally, you can use one long quoted string with embedded newlines:
... | grep "Selection Name XXX
isIPX FALSE"