Date: 27 Jul 1999 13:37:35 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@yes.no> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: replacing grep(1) Message-ID: <xzpd7xeb9xc.fsf@des.follo.net>
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Jamie Howard (howardjp@wam.umd.edu), with a little help from yours truly, has written a BSD-licensed version of grep(1) which has all the functionality of our current (GPLed) implementation, plus a little more, in one seventh the source code and one fourth the binary code. What's more, the code is actually possible for mere mortals to read and understand. The source code is available for download from freefall: <URL:http://www.freebsd.org/~des/software/grep-0.7.tar.gz>; I move that we replace GNU grep in our source tree with this implementation, once it's been reviewed by all concerned parties. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@yes.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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