grep command examples

Question 1

lines starting with the string “root”

Answer 1

cathy ~> grep ^root /etc/passwd

root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash

Question 2

lines ending in “:”

Answer 2

cathy ~> grep :$ /etc/passwd

news:x:9:13:news:/var/spool/news:

Question 3

check that PATH is exported in ~/.bashrc

Answer 3

cathy ~> grep export ~/.bashrc | grep ‘\

export PATH=”/bin:/usr/lib/mh:/lib:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/ucb:/usr/dbin:$PATH”