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Subject: Re: what does grep stand for?
In-Reply-To: <34F9B235.167EB0E7@int.checker.org> from Jake at "Mar 1, 98 11:08:37 am"
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Jake wrote:
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> 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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