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Grep for many arguments

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Mar 15, 2026422 views
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Problem

Possible Duplicate: Grep command, to remove lines containing a specified word How do I grep for more than one words in one grep command. For example: to be transformed into something like:

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cat file.txt | grep -v 'word1' | grep -v 'word2'

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Fix for: Grep for many arguments

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Use for extended regular expressions, then you can use or, shorter:

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