:grep: /grep/ [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)'] vt. 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}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
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)'] vt. 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}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- 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').... - What does "grep" mean?
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. To look for something in a mass of code or data
with one's own native optical senso
as opposed to using some sort of pattern matching software like {grep} or any other automated search tool.... - blurgle: /bler'gl/ [Great Britain] n. Spoken {metasyntactic
variable}, to indicate some text that is obvious from context, or
which is already known.
If several words are to be replaced, blurgle may well be doubled or trebled.... - vgrep: /vee'grep/ v.,n. Visual grep. The operation of finding
patterns in a file optically rather than digitally (also called an
`optical grep').
See {grep}; compare {vdiff}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary... - eyeball search n.,v.
To look for something in a mass of
code or data with one's own native optical senso
as opposed to using some sort of pattern matching software like grep or any other automated search tool.... - blurgle /bler'gl/ n.
[UK] Spoken metasyntactic variable, to indicate some text that is obvious from c
which is already known.
If several words are to be replaced, blurgle may well be doubled or tripled.... - egexp: /reg'eksp/ [UNIX] n. (alt. `regex' or `reg-ex')
1.
Common written and spoken abbreviation for `regular expression', one of the wildcard patterns used, e.... - optical grep n. See vgrep.
