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This is strange. I want only to grep line containing /run. But it returning other lines too.



 [root@s5 ~]# df -h | grep -w "tm"
[root@s5 ~]# df -h | grep -w "tmpfs"
tmpfs 489M 0 489M 0% /dev/shm
tmpfs 489M 6.8M 483M 2% /run
tmpfs 489M 0 489M 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs 98M 0 98M 0% /run/user/1001
tmpfs 98M 0 98M 0% /run/user/0
[root@s5 ~]# df -h | grep -w "tmpf"
[root@s5 ~]# df -h | grep -w "/run"
tmpfs 489M 6.8M 483M 2% /run
tmpfs 98M 0 98M 0% /run/user/1001
tmpfs 98M 0 98M 0% /run/user/0






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    This is strange. I want only to grep line containing /run. But it returning other lines too.



     [root@s5 ~]# df -h | grep -w "tm"
    [root@s5 ~]# df -h | grep -w "tmpfs"
    tmpfs 489M 0 489M 0% /dev/shm
    tmpfs 489M 6.8M 483M 2% /run
    tmpfs 489M 0 489M 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
    tmpfs 98M 0 98M 0% /run/user/1001
    tmpfs 98M 0 98M 0% /run/user/0
    [root@s5 ~]# df -h | grep -w "tmpf"
    [root@s5 ~]# df -h | grep -w "/run"
    tmpfs 489M 6.8M 483M 2% /run
    tmpfs 98M 0 98M 0% /run/user/1001
    tmpfs 98M 0 98M 0% /run/user/0






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      This is strange. I want only to grep line containing /run. But it returning other lines too.



       [root@s5 ~]# df -h | grep -w "tm"
      [root@s5 ~]# df -h | grep -w "tmpfs"
      tmpfs 489M 0 489M 0% /dev/shm
      tmpfs 489M 6.8M 483M 2% /run
      tmpfs 489M 0 489M 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
      tmpfs 98M 0 98M 0% /run/user/1001
      tmpfs 98M 0 98M 0% /run/user/0
      [root@s5 ~]# df -h | grep -w "tmpf"
      [root@s5 ~]# df -h | grep -w "/run"
      tmpfs 489M 6.8M 483M 2% /run
      tmpfs 98M 0 98M 0% /run/user/1001
      tmpfs 98M 0 98M 0% /run/user/0






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      This is strange. I want only to grep line containing /run. But it returning other lines too.



       [root@s5 ~]# df -h | grep -w "tm"
      [root@s5 ~]# df -h | grep -w "tmpfs"
      tmpfs 489M 0 489M 0% /dev/shm
      tmpfs 489M 6.8M 483M 2% /run
      tmpfs 489M 0 489M 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
      tmpfs 98M 0 98M 0% /run/user/1001
      tmpfs 98M 0 98M 0% /run/user/0
      [root@s5 ~]# df -h | grep -w "tmpf"
      [root@s5 ~]# df -h | grep -w "/run"
      tmpfs 489M 6.8M 483M 2% /run
      tmpfs 98M 0 98M 0% /run/user/1001
      tmpfs 98M 0 98M 0% /run/user/0








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          man grep:




          -w, --word-regexp
          Select only those lines containing matches that form whole words. The test is that the matching substring must either be at the beginning of the line, or preceded by a non-word constituent character. Similarly, it must be either at the end of the line or followed by a non-word constituent character. Word-constituent characters are letters, digits, and the underscore.




          Works as expected, I say. If your intention is to get only the first match you should use



          $ df -h | grep -w "/run$"





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            man grep:




            -w, --word-regexp
            Select only those lines containing matches that form whole words. The test is that the matching substring must either be at the beginning of the line, or preceded by a non-word constituent character. Similarly, it must be either at the end of the line or followed by a non-word constituent character. Word-constituent characters are letters, digits, and the underscore.




            Works as expected, I say. If your intention is to get only the first match you should use



            $ df -h | grep -w "/run$"





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              man grep:




              -w, --word-regexp
              Select only those lines containing matches that form whole words. The test is that the matching substring must either be at the beginning of the line, or preceded by a non-word constituent character. Similarly, it must be either at the end of the line or followed by a non-word constituent character. Word-constituent characters are letters, digits, and the underscore.




              Works as expected, I say. If your intention is to get only the first match you should use



              $ df -h | grep -w "/run$"





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                man grep:




                -w, --word-regexp
                Select only those lines containing matches that form whole words. The test is that the matching substring must either be at the beginning of the line, or preceded by a non-word constituent character. Similarly, it must be either at the end of the line or followed by a non-word constituent character. Word-constituent characters are letters, digits, and the underscore.




                Works as expected, I say. If your intention is to get only the first match you should use



                $ df -h | grep -w "/run$"





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                man grep:




                -w, --word-regexp
                Select only those lines containing matches that form whole words. The test is that the matching substring must either be at the beginning of the line, or preceded by a non-word constituent character. Similarly, it must be either at the end of the line or followed by a non-word constituent character. Word-constituent characters are letters, digits, and the underscore.




                Works as expected, I say. If your intention is to get only the first match you should use



                $ df -h | grep -w "/run$"






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