Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 15:17:26 -0500 (EST) From: Mike Newell <mnewell@newell.arlington.va.us> To: Johann Visagie <wjv@cityip.co.za> Cc: Jake <jake@int.checker.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: what does grep stand for? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980301151704.12042D-100000@bigpuppy.newell.arlington.va.us> In-Reply-To: <E0y9ETs-0005Wl-00@ns.cityip.co.za>
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Generalized Regular Expression Parser? That's what I remember... Mike On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, Johann Visagie wrote: wjv> Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 21:33:00 +0200 (SAT) wjv> From: Johann Visagie <wjv@cityip.co.za> wjv> To: Jake <jake@int.checker.org> wjv> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG wjv> Subject: Re: what does grep stand for? wjv> wjv> Jake wrote: wjv> > wjv> > My teacher says grep stands for Get Regular ExPression, wjv> > I thought it was more complicated. wjv> wjv> Global regular expression and print, I always thought. In ed(1): wjv> wjv> g/re/p wjv> wjv> -- V wjv> wjv> Johann Visagie | Email: wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878 wjv> wjv> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org wjv> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message wjv> Much obliged, Mike +--------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ | Mike Newell | The opinions expressed herein | | Affiliation: | are mine. You can take them or | | Address: | leave them. Flames to /dev/null. | +--------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ | Mike@Newell.arlington.va.us | http://www.newell.arlington.va.us | +--------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ | "Peace. It's wonderful!" Father Divine. | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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