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 `uri_escape` | Percent-encodes unsafe URI characters.
 `sed` | Performs sed-like regex substitution.
-`grep` | Searches a string, using a regex, and prints the matching whole-word (e.g. `echo pizza hamburger hotdog | {grep burger}` outputs `hamburger`).
+`grep` | Searches a string, using a regex, and prints the matching whole-word (e.g. `echo pizza hamburger hotdog \| {grep burger}` outputs `hamburger`).
 `pluralize` | Intelligently makes a word or phrase plural.
 `unquote` | Removes surrounding quotation marks.
 `title` | Title-cases text. That is, lowercases the text then uppercases the first letter of each word.