grep * wildcard

to match repetitions of a character a star is used.

$cat samsung
id proof
license copy
check leaf 1



$grep *p* samsung
$grep p* samsung
id proof
license copy
check leaf 1



$grep p samsung
id proof
license copy
$grep *p samsung
$grep * samsung
Binary file PCBSD8.0-x86-bootonly.iso matches
$grep "*"  samsung
$grep "p*"  samsung
id proof
license copy
check leaf 1



$grep "*p*"  samsung
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