grep /grep/ vi.
[from the qed/ed editor idiom g/re/p,
where re stands for a regular expression, to Globally search
for the Regular Expression and Print the lines containing matches
to it, via Unix grep(1)] To rapidly scan a file or set
of files looking for a particular string or pattern (when browsing
through a large set of files, one may speak of `grepping
around'). By extension, to look for something by pattern. "Grep
the bulletin board for the system backup schedule, would you?"
See also vgrep.
[It has also been alleged that the source is from the title of a
paper "A General Regular Expression Parser" -ESR]
[from the qed/ed editor idiom g/re/p,
where re stands for a regular expression, to Globally search
for the Regular Expression and Print the lines containing matches
to it, via Unix grep(1)] To rapidly scan a file or set
of files looking for a particular string or pattern (when browsing
through a large set of files, one may speak of `grepping
around'). By extension, to look for something by pattern. "Grep
the bulletin board for the system backup schedule, would you?"
See also vgrep.
[It has also been alleged that the source is from the title of a
paper "A General Regular Expression Parser" -ESR]
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- grep: /grep/ [from the qed/ed editor idiom g/re/p ,
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The letters grep indicate "Globally search for a Regular Expression and
Print." In standard Unix system editors,
the notation is g/re/p where re is a regular expression... - eyeball search n.,v.
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to indicate some text that is obvious from context... - blurgle /bler'gl/ n.
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1.
Common written and spoken abbreviation for `regular... - regexp /reg'eksp/ n.
[Unix] (alt. `regex' or `reg-ex')
1.
Common written and spoken abbreviation for `regular... - backreference n.
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match,
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