[SOLVED] How to use grep for collecting URL links?

Issue

Let's say I have a file named plaintext.txt which have 2 lines and a content of

you can be social online by logging in to http://www.facebook.com and http://plus.google.com
alternatively, you can also create an account in http://www.twitter.com

I know that I can display the whole contents of the file by issuing a cat statement in the command-line like

cat plaintext.txt

I wanted to collect all of the URL links from the plaintext such that I can display

http://www.facebook.com
http://plus.google.com
http://www.twitter.com

I presume the command line statement for this one would be something like

cat plaintext.txt | grep something

but I don't exactly know how.

How is it possible to use grep for collecting URL links?

Solution

sed 's/\s/\n/g' plaintext.txt | grep http:

where plaintext.txt is the file containing your two lines.

Answered By - unxnut

Answer Checked By - Dawn Plyler (WPSolving Volunteer)