Output grep results to text file need cleaner output

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When using the Grep command to find a search string in a set of files  how do I dump the results to a text file   Also is there a switch for the Grep command that provides cleaner results for better readability  such as a line feed between each entry or a way to justify file names and search results   For instance  a away to change       file path  first result   another file path  second result   a third file path here  third result   to    file path  first result    another file path  second result    a third file path here  third result

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grep -n  YOUR SEARCH STRING     gt  output-file   The -n will print the line number and the  gt  will redirect grep-results to the output-file   If you want to  clean  the results you can filter them using pipe   for example  grep -n  test      grep -v  mytest   gt  output-file will match all the lines that have the string  test  except the lines that match the string  mytest   that s the switch -v  - and will redirect the result to an output file  A few good grep-tips can be found on this post

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Redirection of program output is performed by the shell   grep      gt  output txt   grep has no mechanism for adding blank lines between each match  but does provide options such as context around the matched line and colorization of the match itself  See the grep 1  man page for details  specifically the -C and --color options

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