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From: greggor@Apple.COM (Greg L. Anderson)
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Subject: Re: Looking for grep- and sed-like XFNCs, tools
Message-ID: <46655@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 16 Nov 90 21:33:10 GMT
References: <1990Nov13.160332.10738@pbs.org>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <1990Nov13.160332.10738@pbs.org>  writes:
>I'd like to find text tools (pref. public domain) that can take regular
>expressions for filtering and misc. operations. Ideally, I'd like to
>find the equivalents of grep and sed in external functions 

An almost complete 'grep' XFCN and a mostly-crippled version of sed
called 'rep' (similar to sed s/re/constant/g) can be ftp'ed from
ssyx.ucsc.edu.  Source is also available, so you could expand the
functionality if you were ambitious.

I have heard of a 'sed' XFCN (even had it in binhex form once), but
I've never tried it & don't know where I could get another copy.

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