How to make grep only match if the entire line matches?

Question

I have these: ``` $ cat a.tmp ABB.log ABB.log.122 ABB.log.123 ``` I wanted to find a exact match of ABB.log. But when I did ``` $ grep -w ABB.log a.tmp ABB.log ABB.log.122 ABB.log.123 ``` it shows all of them. Can I get what I wanted using grep?

Accepted Answer

Simply specify the regexp anchors.

```
grep '^ABB\.log$' a.tmp
```

How to make grep only match if the entire line matches?

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