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Date:      Sun, 1 Mar 1998 21:33:00 +0200 (SAT)
From:      Johann Visagie <wjv@cityip.co.za>
To:        jake@int.checker.org (Jake)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: what does grep stand for?
Message-ID:  <E0y9ETs-0005Wl-00@ns.cityip.co.za>
In-Reply-To: <34F9B235.167EB0E7@int.checker.org> from Jake at "Mar 1, 98 11:08:37 am"

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Jake wrote:
>
> My teacher says grep stands for Get Regular ExPression,
> I thought it was more complicated.

Global regular expression and print, I always thought.  In ed(1):

  g/re/p

-- V

Johann Visagie | Email: wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878

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