fgrep (host)

Fixed string grep (UNIX)

Syntax:

fgrep [-cilnqsvx]
      [-e expression | -f expression_file]...
      [file...]
fgrep [-cilnqsvx] expression [file...]

Runs on:

Microsoft Windows

Options:

See grep for a complete listing.

Description:

The fgrep utility does a fixed-string grep (equivalent to grep -F). See the documentation for grep for details.

CAUTION:
The fgrep host binary is from the MSYS package. It is not designed to work with ASLR as on Windows 10 and 11, Force randomization for images (Mandatory ASLR ) is disabled by default. If you enable it to use ASLR, the date utility will fail to load.

Exit status:

0
Lines were found matching the expression provided.
>0
An error occurred or no matching lines were found.
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