How to use the cat command to find a specific word in a textfile

command-line text-processing cat

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You can do it by grep. You do not need cat for that.

grep -w war file_name

You can use cat too, if you like

cat file_name | grep -w war

but it is longer.

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B0neCh3wer

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Updated on September 18, 2022

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B0neCh3wer over 1 year

I did some research but I was unable to find anything to help, I need to find the word "war" in a text file, I know that I can use the cat command, but I need to modify it somehow, can someone help?
- Jacob Vlijm about 7 years
  
  I am pretty sure I saw a question like this before. What is the assignment?
- B0neCh3wer about 7 years
  
  Not an assignment, just trying to get used to working with a few basic commands, I've used Ubuntu all my life, but I've only just started exploring the Terminal, always been afraid of braking it somehow xD
B0neCh3wer about 7 years

I tried this, and now it's not letting me do any commands, but I can type stuff, how do I get back to my command line?
Pilot6 about 7 years

Press Ctrl+C probably ;-)
Pilot6 about 7 years

I think it is a duplicate of something. I can't imagine nobody asked it.