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
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