The best replacement for grep is egrep.

The best alternatives to grep are rated as following:
★★★★★  egrep
★★★★★  find
★★★  awk
★★★  fgrep
★★  ack
★★  grep
★★  findstr
★  ag
★  pgrep
★  sed
  find command
  regular expression

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Speaking about grep, one probably shouldn't forget about regex.

Other search terms related to grep and their ratings are:
★★★★★ regex
★★★★ or
★★★ line number
★★★ find
★★ context
★★ regular expression
★★ grep
★ wildcard
★ regex examples
★ regular expressions
★ count
★ multiple patterns
★ line numbers
★ wildcards
★ perl
★ perl regex
★ or condition
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