Fitting a regular expression to a list of words

· John Cook · July 19, 2026, 7:54 p.m.
Computing Regular expressions Regular expressions text search Grep Linux commands
Summary
This post discusses how to use grep to search for a list of words by utilizing the -f flag for regular expressions, with an emphasis on treating the input as simple words using the -F option.
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