From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 10 6: 3:52 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4345037B401 for ; Thu, 10 Oct 2002 06:03:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.gbronline.com (mail.gbronline.com [12.145.226.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D405243EA9 for ; Thu, 10 Oct 2002 06:03:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from daleco@daleco.biz) Received: from DaleCoportable [12.145.236.114] by mail.gbronline.com (SMTPD32-7.13) id AA5696D3022C; Thu, 10 Oct 2002 08:02:14 -0500 Message-ID: <003f01c2705d$5ac7fb00$fa00a8c0@DaleCoportable> From: "DaleCo, S.P.---'the solutions people'" To: "Peter Leftwich" , "FreeBSD LIST" References: <20021010002725.M41584-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> Subject: Re: Please help me Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 08:02:56 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This needs to be moved, perhaps now to -chat but here's the "C is a joke" page..... http://www.asandler.com/jokes/computer/c.shtml Regards, KDK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Leftwich" To: "FreeBSD LIST" Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 11:31 PM Subject: Re: Please help me > On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, DaleCo, S.P.---'the solutions people' wrote: > > Or ... > > Global Regular Expression Print > > Get Regular Expression Processing > > Global Regular Expression Parser > > I just think of the command "grep" as part grab, part schlep. But come to > think of it, your first answer seems right except for the "P." > > > While we're on the subject of origins and meanings, you've heard, I > > suppose, that C was just a joke ..... ;-) > > Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. > > Do you have a URL to back up this "C started as a joke" tale?? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Eric Wayte" > > To: "Toby Irvine" > > Cc: > > Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 10:14 PM > > Subject: Re: Please help me > > > > > Try this: http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=grep > > Odd that dictionary.com would have grep! The manpage for grep contains not > one instance of the word "global," how bizarre. > > > > On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, 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? > > -- > Peter Leftwich > President & Founder > Video2Video Services > Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA > +1-413-403-9555 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message