What does grep stand for?

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grep= generalized r.e. processor


----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Prive" <scottprive at earthlink.net>
To: <ron.peterson at yellowbank.com>; "Christoph Doerbeck a242369"
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Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 9:30 PM
Subject: Re: What does grep stand for?


> > g/[re]/p
>
> Obviously re is regular expression... but what's g and p (or g/ /p)?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <ron.peterson at yellowbank.com>
> To: "Christoph Doerbeck a242369" <cdoerbec at cso.fmr.com>
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> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 5:07 PM
> Subject: Re: What does grep stand for?
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> > On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 04:29:20PM -0400, Christoph Doerbeck a242369
> wrote:
> > >
> > > I've done very little hunting, but thought it might spark an
> > > alternative thread to the H!B thing.
> > >
> > > What does 'grep' stand for.
> >
> > g/[re]/p
> >
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