From:	Tom Wheeley <tw104 AT york DOT ac DOT uk>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: GREP
Date:	Thu, 17 Oct 1996 20:38:34 +0100
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Leath Muller wrote:
> 
> Caltoi wrote:
> >
> > I'm a self taught tinkerer in programming and I keep seeing a program
> > called grep. What is it and what does it do??
> >
> > please reply via email
> > --
> > Caltoi
> > rowe AT epix DOT net
> > http://www.epix.net/~rowe
> 
> grep = Get Regular ExPression...its used for finding patterns of

Sorry?

Global/regular-expression/Print

From `ed', the mother of all editors, so I'm told. ;-)

But yes, it's a turbo-charged version of DOS `find'.

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