Linux - grep to exclude all words in front searched pattern

Question

For example, whey I type:

grep Eth test.sh

I will get

Summary: Ethernet settings tool for PCI ethernet cards

Say if I only need my searched pattern and exlucde all words ahead

Ethernet settings tool for PCI ethernet cards

How can I do this in grep?

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 16 '16 at 18:18

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With GNU grep:

grep -Po '\KEth.*' test.sh

Output:

Ethernet settings tool for PCI ethernet cards

answered Jun 16 '16 at 18:18

Cyrus

Pure-code answers can usually be improved by explaining what you did. – Marcus Müller Jun 16 '16 at 18:19
@user3815726: See: [Support of \K in regex](http://stackoverflow.com/q/13542950/3776858) and `man grep`. – Cyrus Jun 16 '16 at 18:26
that should be part of the answer, and not a link in the comment. – Marcus Müller Jun 16 '16 at 19:01
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It is deliberately here. – Cyrus Jun 16 '16 at 19:02

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