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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: grep, egrep, fgrep
Message-ID: <15894@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 18 Apr 91 17:27:03 GMT
References: <1991Apr17.175150.21377@mccc.edu>
Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD.
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In article <1991Apr17.175150.21377@mccc.edu> pjh@mccc.edu (Peter J. Holsberg) writes:
>Was there ever (or is there now) a UNIX or UNIX derivative that had
>egrep and fgrep but no grep?

Not to my knowledge.  I have heard of merged implementations that select
the appropriate algorithm based on how you invoke the command.