Expansion of the acronym "grep"

Guy Harris guy at auspex.auspex.com
Sat Jun 10 05:00:41 AEST 1989


>	actually --
>	grep  ==> global regular expression parser
>	fgrep ==> fixed-string global regular expression parser
>	egrep ==> extended global regular expression parser

Actually, no.  Everybody curious about what "grep" stands for - and
*especially* everybody tempted to post their guess about what it stands
for - should go read Andrew Hume's posting once it arrives on their
machine.  It speaks the truth.

(We now see again why the Frequently Asked Questions posting is a Good
Idea.)



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