How To grep Text Between Two Words in Unix / Linux

To grep (search) for text between two words in Unix or Linux, you can use the grep command with the -o option and a regular expression.

The grep command is a utility that searches for patterns in text. The -o option tells grep to print only the matching part of the line, rather than the entire line.

To search for text between two words, you can use a regular expression that matches the text between the two words. For example, to search for text between the words "start" and "end" in a file called file.txt, you can use the following command:

grep -o 'start.*end' file.txt

This will print only the text between the words "start" and "end" in the file.

You can find more information about the grep command and its options in the Unix or Linux documentation or by running the grep --help command.

You can also find more information about regular expressions and how to use them with the grep command by searching online or in the Unix or Linux documentation.

Keep in mind that the regular expression used in this example will match any text between the words "start" and "end", including any additional words or characters. If you want to match only the text between the two words and exclude any additional words or characters, you will need to use a different regular expression. You can find more information about how to do this by searching online or in the Unix or Linux documentation.