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linux Using the grep or egrep commands, what would be the full command (including regular expression)...

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Using the grep or egrep commands, what would be the full command (including regular expression) to view only the lines in the file /boot/grub/grub.cfg that DO NOT begin with a hashtag (the # sign). In other words, what would be the command to print all the lines in this file that do not begin with this character.

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Grep command in Unix/Linux is the short form of ‘global search for the regular expression’.

The grep command is a filter that is used to search for lines matching a specified pattern and print the matching lines to standard output.

Grep Regular Expression. A regular expression or regex is a pattern that matches a set of strings

Command:

grep "^[^#;]" /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Original Grub File with Hashes

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