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From: pss@unh.UUCP (Paul S. Sawyer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Expansion of the acronym "grep"
Summary: man fgrep must be lying...
Message-ID: <1246@unh.UUCP>
Date: 14 Jun 89 20:12:16 GMT
References: <25249@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <8170003@hpfcdq.HP.COM> <883@nebulus.UUCP> <9447@alice.UUCP>
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In article <9447@alice.UUCP>, andrew@alice.UUCP (Andrew Hume) writes:
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:> al aho coined egrep for an extended grep which handled alternation amongst 
:> other things
:> he also coind fgrep for the special case of looking for fixed strings.
:> it has never NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER stood for fast grep
:> (as anyone with a clock could tell).

Then why does TFM, direct from AT&T, say "fgrep (fast grep) searches [etc.]..."
(Paper manual, System V.2.1)

:> if you don't believe me, mail ava@research.att.com and ask al aho yourself.

I might, but mail to that company seems to do funny things unless postage is
attached (i.e., sent thru attmail...)


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