AI engineering glossary · Command line Git
What is grep?
grep: A command that searches text files or piped input for lines matching a word or regular expression and prints them. Flags allow case-insensitive search, line numbers and recursive search through folders. It is a daily tool for logs and code.
grep: an example
grep -rn 'learning_rate' src/ lists every place in the src folder where learning_rate appears, with line numbers.
Related terms
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Where you learn it
grep is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.