[debbugs-tracker] bug#22656: closed (How to grep two patterns in a line with correct coloring?)

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> How to grep two patterns in a line with correct coloring?
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> Sat, 13 Feb 2016 18:10:01 -0600
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> Hi,
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> I know that I can use this to grep two patterns. But it can not
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> grep word1 FILE | grep word2
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> Or I can use the following. But it is cumbersome as I have to type
> word1 and word2 twice. And this method is not scale if I want grep
> multiple patterns. The coloring can not be just for word1 and word2
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> grep -E 'word1.*word2|word2.*word1' logs
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> Could anybody let me know what is the best way to grep two patterns in
> a line with correct coloring? Thanks.
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> Regards,
> Peng
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> This works for me:
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> grep --color=always -E 'word1|word2'
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