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j0h
Asked: 2014-02-25 15:28:08 +0800 CST

omit filenames in grep

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I am greping a string from multiple files, but the one undesired side effect, is the filename prefacing the output. How can I suppress the filename outputs using only grep? 

  $ grep -i lp lpNet* 
    lpNet:This was printed via the internet using the lp command.
    lpNet:I believe lp doesnt care what the device is. 
    lpNet1:This was printed via the internet using the lp command.
    lpNet1:I believe lp doesnt care what the device is. 
    lpNet2:This was printed via the internet using the lp command.
    lpNet2:I believe lp doesnt care what the device is. 
    lpNet3:This was printed via the internet using the lp command.
    lpNet3:I believe lp doesnt care what the device is.

I have solved the issue for now using cat lpNet* | grep lp I am just wondering if there is a more efficient path to have the same effect

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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    The default behavior is to print the filename when given multiple file arguments - to suppress this, you can add the -h or --no-filename option

    From the Output Line Prefix Control section of the grep manual page:

       -h, --no-filename
          Suppress the prefixing of file names on  output.   This  is  the
          default  when there is only one file (or only standard input) to
          search.
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