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wrapgrep searches a given file for an array of symbols expressed in a pattern as a string with symbols (e.g., words) separated by whitespace in it. It converts the file-to-be-searched into a list of symbols or words separated by whitespace (spaces, tabs, newlines, etc.), keeping track of which line each symbol or word is on. wrapgrep then compares the pattern array against the list of to-be-searched symbols using a substring matching algorithm and sends matches to stdout with the file name and actual symbols in the file with the line number in parentheses. Suppose you have a file named andy-audio.html with several instances of the pattern "Andy Audio Plumb II" in it, sometimes split across lines. If you enter this command in your terminal: $wrapgrep "Andy Audio Plumb II" andy-audio.html You might get an output like this: andy-audio.html: content="Andy (7) Audio (7) Plumb (7) II"> (7) andy-audio.html: <title>Andy (11) Audio (11) Plumb (11) II</title> (11) andy-audio.html: Andy (256) Audio (256) Plumb (257) II</h2> (257) This indicates that you have three matches to the pattern "Andy Audio Plumb II" one all on line 7, one all on line 11, and one on both lines 256 and 257. As you can see, some matches have additional non-whitespace characters associated with the pattern, such as "Andy" matching "<title>Andy". This helps to give you context so that the results are useful but not limited to a line-by-line search. Because wrapgrep can only search one file at a time, you would need to put it in a batch file or use the find command with the appropriate options.
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