What does grep stand for?

[Scott Prive]

> g/[re]/p

Obviously re is regular expression... but what's g and p (or g/ /p)?


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Subject: Re: What does grep stand for?


> 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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