grep.exe
by GNU
Development Tool
Summary
GNU Grep text search utility
grep.exe is the 1502nd most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 718 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from C:\... and it is most often launched by bash.exe.
1502nd
most commonly executed Windows program
718
observed executions
low
statistical confidence
Behavior
Top Paths
- C:\...56.82%
- C:\Users\...43.18%
Top Hashes (SHA256)
- a1e5531cdc240eb71083b84ea6cdfeda5fd6bc25f2a586d52e9ef93e590d3cb656.82%
- 7c2cc66c6c5d3c98c615a30d0ea9f5dda2119b8d32ecf04312bbd9c51c222b0143.18%
Process Ancestry
Rare or environment-specific process names are omitted from ancestry tables. Percentages are of all observed relationships.
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Data from EchoTrail's dataset of ~346M Windows process executions. Last extracted 2026-08-04.