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$cat contents.txt

cat-1.15

cat-1.15

cat-1.15
cat-1.18

The above output has blank lines

$cat contents.txt | grep cat results in the word cat being highlighted, but the resultant text is also merged, eliminating blank lines

cat-1.15
cat-1.15
cat-1.15
cat-1.18

How can I grep to highlight without grep affecting the text structure, so that the only difference is the grep term being highlighted ?

$cat contents

cat-1.15

cat-1.15

cat-1.15
cat-1.18

The above output has blank lines

$cat contents.txt | grep cat results in the word cat being highlighted, but the resultant text is also merged, eliminating blank lines

cat-1.15
cat-1.15
cat-1.15
cat-1.18

How can I grep to highlight without grep affecting the text structure, so that the only difference is the grep term being highlighted ?

$cat contents.txt

cat-1.15

cat-1.15

cat-1.15
cat-1.18

The above output has blank lines

$cat contents.txt | grep cat results in the word cat being highlighted, but the resultant text is also merged, eliminating blank lines

cat-1.15
cat-1.15
cat-1.15
cat-1.18

How can I grep to highlight without grep affecting the text structure, so that the only difference is the grep term being highlighted ?

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$cat contents cat-1.15

cat-1.15

cat-1.15 cat-1.18

$cat contents

cat-1.15

cat-1.15

cat-1.15
cat-1.18

The above output has blank lines

$cat contents.txt | grep cat$cat contents.txt | grep cat results in the word cat being highlighted, but the resultant text is also merged, eliminating blank lines

cat-1.15 cat-1.15 cat-1.15 cat-1.18

cat-1.15
cat-1.15
cat-1.15
cat-1.18

How can I grep to highlight without grep affecting the text structure, so that the only difference is the grep term being highlighted ?

$cat contents cat-1.15

cat-1.15

cat-1.15 cat-1.18

The above output has blank lines

$cat contents.txt | grep cat results in the word cat being highlighted, but the resultant text is also merged, eliminating blank lines

cat-1.15 cat-1.15 cat-1.15 cat-1.18

How can I grep to highlight without grep affecting the text structure, so that the only difference is the grep term being highlighted ?

$cat contents

cat-1.15

cat-1.15

cat-1.15
cat-1.18

The above output has blank lines

$cat contents.txt | grep cat results in the word cat being highlighted, but the resultant text is also merged, eliminating blank lines

cat-1.15
cat-1.15
cat-1.15
cat-1.18

How can I grep to highlight without grep affecting the text structure, so that the only difference is the grep term being highlighted ?

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highlight a word without affecting the structure of text

$cat contents cat-1.15

cat-1.15

cat-1.15 cat-1.18

The above output has blank lines

$cat contents.txt | grep cat results in the word cat being highlighted, but the resultant text is also merged, eliminating blank lines

cat-1.15 cat-1.15 cat-1.15 cat-1.18

How can I grep to highlight without grep affecting the text structure, so that the only difference is the grep term being highlighted ?