# Useful grep arguments ## Search without case sensitivity `cat file.txt | grep -i "pattern"` ## Add lines to match pattern ### Before `cat file.txt | grep -B 3 "pattern"` ### After `cat file.txt | grep -A 3 "pattern"` ### Both `cat file.txt | grep -C 3 "pattern"` ## Show line numbers with matches `cat file.txt | grep -n "pattern"`