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(Create shortcuts in Linux (symbolic links))
 
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  -iFr ignore case, simple string search, search current directory and subdirectories
 
  -iFr ignore case, simple string search, search current directory and subdirectories
  
'''egrep''' supports pipes ("or") (= grep -E)
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'''egrep''' is replaced with '''grep -E''')
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'''fgrep''' is replaced with '''grep -F''')
  
  egrep "fruit|bread"  
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Can pipe the output of another command
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  ls |grep blah lists all files in the current directory whose names contain the string "blah"
  
'''fgrep''' (fast grep, simple text, no RegEXp) (= grep -F)
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==Create shortcuts in Linux (symbolic links)==
  
Can pipe the output of another command
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ln -s /pathToTarget nameOfTheLink
 
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  ls |grep blah lists all files in the current directory whose names contain the string "blah"
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  e.g.  ln -s /var/www/html/public_html/ webDirectory
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ln creates hard and soft links. The -s option create soft (symbolic) links to resources in other directories, even other drives.

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