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Date:      Thu, 10 Oct 2002 13:19:16 +1000
From:      Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>
To:        Toby Irvine <tobyirvine@hotmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Please help me
Message-ID:  <20021010031916.GL930@k7.mavetju>
In-Reply-To: <F5z5b6KZmcK8r6beUzm00000029@hotmail.com>
References:  <F5z5b6KZmcK8r6beUzm00000029@hotmail.com>

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On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 11:08:52PM -0400, Toby Irvine wrote:
> I have one question for you.  I have been looking to find out what the 
> command/utility "grep" actually means or stands for.  I have searched the 
> net and keep finding the same answer, which I have been told is wrong.  
> Could you please help me out and let me know.  Someone told me that only an 
> old school unix person would be able to tell me.  Please help?

What is the wrong answer then?

Global Regular Expression Print (had to google for the Print :-)

See http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=what+does+grep+stand+for%3F&btnG=Google+Search for more.

Edwin

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