pgrep Usage

        pgrep pattern files...

        pgrep -I pattern     # List of files is on STDIN

        pgrep -u ...           # Unbuffered output

• Plus a sprinkling of standard options:

            -e pattern   specify pattern
            -h           omit filenames
            -i           case-insensitive match
            -l           print filenames only
            -q           print nothing
            -v           invert matching        

• I left out about twenty others

• Who the heck needs grep -c???

        grep ... | wc -l

• Who the heck needs grep -n???

        grep ... | cat -n

• Sheesh, talk about overengineering

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