Search File

Option 'f' --> File for Search Expressions. By default, QTGrep uses the first non-option argument on the command line as the Regular Expression or Keyword for which to search. If the user desires to search for more than one Regular Expression or Keyword, then a file containing the Regular Expressions or Keywords must be used to input them to QTGrep. The name of the file containing the Regular Expression(s) or Keyword(s) is specified to QTGrep via this option. In addition, if the internal form of the Regular Expression(s) or Keyword(s) has been written to a file via the 'a' option, then this option must be used to input that file to QTGrep. Multiple ASCII pattern files may be specified. Only one internal form pattern file may be specified. Multiple ASCII pattern files may also be input using the '#i' include operator in an ASCII pattern file. For more information on the 'include operator', see the '?#' information screens.

The file path and name can be specified in several ways to QTGrep. For more information on specifying option values to QTGrep, please see the information under the '?=' option.

The corresponding long option is: --file=FILENAME

Incompatible Options Are:

P	Noprompt, Patterns From Std Input
Z	File Preview
p	Prompt, Patterns from Std Input