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[grep] Run and understand. Branching with the grep command

created-2025/11/13 updated-2026/03/15

Introduction

This repository allows you to experience a program that runs the grep command and branches conditionally depending on whether the target file contains a string that matches the search string.

Commands that need to be installed

  1. git

Quickstart

If you have already installed the above command, run the following command to download it from the repository, then change the directory and run the shell script to experience conditional branching.

ubuntu

git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/grep_if
cd grep_if
cat start_grep_if.sh
./start_grep_if.sh hello
./start_grep_if.sh aaa
Output results
hello grep if

not found

macos

MacPorts

source ~/bashrc_folder/macports_alias
git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/grep_if
cd grep_if
cat start_grep_if.sh
./start_grep_if.sh hello
./start_grep_if.sh aaa
Output results
hello grep if

not found

windows

WSL2

git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/grep_if
cd grep_if
cat start_grep_if.sh
./start_grep_if.sh hello
./start_grep_if.sh aaa
Output results
hello grep if

not found

MSYS2 MINGW64

git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/grep_if
cd grep_if
cat start_grep_if.sh
./start_grep_if.sh hello
./start_grep_if.sh aaa
Output results
hello grep if

not found

Procedure

ubuntu

Click to open details

Advance confirmation

Enter the following command into the terminal and if command not found does not appear, it is OK.

git --version

preinstall

If the command not found appears in the terminal, please install it using the following command.

sudo apt install git

command

By running the following command, you should get the detailed output for true and false

git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/grep_if
cd grep_if
cat start_grep_if.sh
./start_grep_if.sh hello
./start_grep_if.sh aaa
detail
hello grep if

not found

macos

Click to open details

Advance confirmation

Enter the following command into the terminal and if command not found does not appear, it is OK.

source ~/bashrc_folder/macports_alias
git --version

※MacOS uses the MacPorts package manager to manage commands. If you haven’t installed it yet, please see the MacPorts installation instructions at the link below.

It also allows you to set aliases for commands so that you can call them without conflicting with existing environments.

If you are using this blog for the first time, please refer to the following two articles to set up your environment.

preinstall

If the command not found appears in the terminal, install it using the following command and set an alias.

sudo port install git
echo 'alias git="/opt/local/bin/git"' >> ~/bashrc_folder/macports_alias

COMMAND

By running the following command, you should get the detailed output for true and false

source ~/bashrc_folder/macports_alias
git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/grep_if
cd grep_if
cat start_grep_if.sh
./start_grep_if.sh hello
./start_grep_if.sh aaa
detail
hello grep if

not found

windows

Click to open details

Advance confirmation

Enter the following command into the prompt and if command not found does not appear, it’s OK.

WSL2
git --version
MSYS2 MINGW64
git --version

※Windows has been confirmed to work with WSL2 and MSYS2 MINGW64. Please install WSL2 if possible, and if you are unable to set it up, you can run it by installing MSYS2, but there may be some commands that can only be run in WSL2. Please refer to the following article for instructions on how to install WSL2 and MSYS2.

preinstall

If the command not found appears in the prompt, please install it using the following command.

WSL2
sudo apt install git
MSYS2 MINGW64
pacman --sync git

command

By running the following command, you should get the detailed output for true and false

WSL2
git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/grep_if
cd grep_if
cat start_grep_if.sh
./start_grep_if.sh hello
./start_grep_if.sh aaa
detail
hello grep if

not found
MSYS2 MINGW64
git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/grep_if
cd grep_if
cat start_grep_if.sh
./start_grep_if.sh hello
./start_grep_if.sh aaa
detail
hello grep if

not found

Afterword

The -q option outputs the exit status, and the conditional branching occurs depending on the result.

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