grep will always perform global matching, and no mechanism e…
grep will always perform global matching, and no mechanism exists by which it may be disabled. Example output: $> echo “RA = 16 h 41.7 min = 16 + 41.7/60 = 16.695 hrs” | grep -E –color “(+\.)+{1,}”RA = 16 h 41.7 min = 16 + 41.7/60 = 16.695 hrs