diff --git a/tests/0_lib/functions.sh b/tests/0_lib/functions.sh
index b112151..1d1cd5d 100755
--- a/tests/0_lib/functions.sh
+++ b/tests/0_lib/functions.sh
@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@ function t_Assert
  t_CheckExitStatus $?
 }
 
+function t_Assert_Equals
+{
+ [ $1 -eq $2 ] 
+ t_CheckExitStatus $?
+}
 export -f t_Log
 export -f t_CheckExitStatus
 export -f t_InstallPackage
@@ -138,4 +143,5 @@ export -f t_DistCheck
 export -f t_GetPkgVer
 export -f t_GetArch
 export -f t_Assert
+export -f t_Assert_Equals
 export centos_ver
diff --git a/tests/p_grep/00-install_grep.sh b/tests/p_grep/00-install_grep.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..febf918
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/p_grep/00-install_grep.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/env bash
+# Author: Ravi Kumar P <ravi.pasumarthy@gmail.com>, Anoop Hallur <anoophallur@gmail.com>
+t_Log "running $0 - installing grep"
+t_InstallPackage grep
diff --git a/tests/p_grep/10-test_grep.sh b/tests/p_grep/10-test_grep.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e24d66f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/p_grep/10-test_grep.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Author: Ravi Kumar P <ravi.pasumarthy@gmail.com>, Anoop Hallur <anoophallur@gmail.com> 
+
+# Check grep installation
+
+t_Log "Running $0 - checking grep installation"
+
+grep --version &>/dev/null
+t_CheckExitStatus $?
diff --git a/tests/p_grep/11-test_grep.sh b/tests/p_grep/11-test_grep.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9645502
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/p_grep/11-test_grep.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Author: Ravi Kumar P <ravi.pasumarthy@gmail.com>, Anoop Hallur <anoophallur@gmail.com>
+
+# Check grep functionality 
+
+t_Log "Running $0 - checking grep functionality"
+
+echo "wow grep is working" | grep "wow"
+t_CheckExitStatus $?
diff --git a/tests/p_grep/13-test_grep.sh b/tests/p_grep/13-test_grep.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c620817
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/p_grep/13-test_grep.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Author: Ravi Kumar P <ravi.pasumarthy@gmail.com>, Anoop Hallur <anoophallur@gmail.com> 
+
+# Check grep functionality with count of repititive words
+
+t_Log "Running $0 - checking grep with count"
+
+count=`echo -e "wow grep is working" | grep -c "wow"`
+t_Log $count
+
+t_Assert_Equals $count 1
diff --git a/tests/p_grep/test b/tests/p_grep/test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3758846
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/p_grep/test
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+wow this session
+is awesome.
+wow once again
+i want this session.
+wow for the sake of 
+mamu.