====== AWK - Display lines that contain a specific string ====== awk '/the_string/' file.txt ---- ====== Example ====== Assuming a file, **test.txt**, exists with the following contents: 10 Peter Terence Roux 45 11 Virginia Genevieve Roux 45 12 Felix Devon Roux 5 13 David Bruce Stevenson 48 14 Bob James Smith 16 48 Adam Winter Ridley 23 Running awk '/Roux/' test.txt returns: 10 Peter Terence Roux 45 11 Virginia Genevieve Roux 45 12 Felix Devon Roux 5