From:	kagel AT quasar DOT bloomberg DOT com
Date:	Tue, 15 Oct 1996 08:47:08 -0400
Message-Id:	<9610151247.AA02678@quasar.bloomberg.com >
To:	leathm AT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au
Cc:	rowe AT epix DOT net, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-Reply-To:	<3262FA33.27B2@gbrmpa.gov.au> (message from Leath Muller on Tue, 15 Oct 1996 10:42:59 +0800)
Subject:	Re: GREP
Reply-To:	kagel AT dg1 DOT bloomberg DOT com

I won't repeat the descriptions but GREP stands for:
	"Global Regular Expression Print"
EGREP:  Extended Global Regular Expression Print
FGREP:  Fast Global Regular Expression Print

The name comes from the ex expression: g/regular expression/p which is
"globally find all lines matching 'regular expression' and print them"
according to "The UNIX Programming Environment" by Kernighan and Pike.

-- 
Art S. Kagel, kagel AT quasar DOT bloomberg DOT com

A proverb is no proverb to you 'till life has illustrated it.  -- John Keats

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