In order to "trap" the searched term when grepping dpkg output, need to encase the search term as follows. "git" is used as the specimen search term:

dpkg -l |grep "^ii  git[[:space:]]"

The carat (^) ii followed by (2) spaces prepending the searched term ensures nothing BEFORE it other than that combination of characters can match.

The [[:space:]] abutting the searched term precludes partial matches from occurring by only matching spaces immediately AFTER it.

In order to "trap" the searched term when grep ping dpkg output, need to encase the search term as follows. "git" is used as the specimen search term:

dpkg -l |grep "^ii  git[[:space:]]"

The carat (^) ii followed by (2) spaces prepending the searched term ensures nothing BEFORE it other than that combination of characters can match.

The [[:space:]] abutting the searched term precludes partial matches from occurring by only matching spaces immediately AFTER it.