I've read that the true origin of "grep" is lost in the mists of time; I've also seen "Global [on a] Regular Expression [and] Print".
It may not be important on some level, but it's interesting and fun! On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Ted MacNEIL <[email protected]> wrote: > >grep stands for General Regular Expression > > I had always thought it was: > Get Regular Expression and Print > - > Ted MacNEIL > [email protected] > Twitter: @TedMacNEIL > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
