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Glossary: Threat Vectors: Files, Networks and Endpoints

grep

Also written: grep -E

A command-line tool that searches text and keeps only the lines that match a pattern. It is often used to filter long tool output, for example `grep -E "JS|Java|Open|Launch|Embedded"` shows only the script and action lines from pdfid's report on a PDF.

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