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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