Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ontek!mikey From: mikey@ontek.UUCP (Mike Lee) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: grep Summary: argc? argv? argh!!! Message-ID: <301@ontek.UUCP> Date: 29 Jun 89 17:51:50 GMT References: <299@ontek.UUCP> <224@db.UUCP> Organization: Ontek Corporation Lines: 28 In article <224@db.UUCP>, hovanes@db.UUCP (Kenneth Hovanes) writes: > In article <299@ontek.UUCP>, mikey@ontek.UUCP (Mike Lee) writes: > > > > I have just read the 9,000th explanation of what grep stands for. > > If I see one more I will flame the poster to a crisp over an open > > pit BBQ. > > This is all fine and dandy but what does 'grep' stand for? > > Yuk, Yuk, Yuk......... You have your choice: Grill Redundant Explanation Posters Gouge Repeaters Eyes Please GREP Really Entertains People Get Ready for Exceptional Pyrotechnics Please note how poorly this paragraph has been adj- usted. Yum, Yum, Yum........ Mike ("I would like... a shubbery") Lee mikey@ontek.uucp ...uunet!ontek!mikey