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From: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Expansion of the acronym "grep"
Message-ID: <1797@auspex.auspex.com>
Date: 9 Jun 89 19:00:41 GMT
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>	actually --
>	grep  ==> global regular expression parser
>	fgrep ==> fixed-string global regular expression parser
>	egrep ==> extended global regular expression parser

Actually, no.  Everybody curious about what "grep" stands for - and
*especially* everybody tempted to post their guess about what it stands
for - should go read Andrew Hume's posting once it arrives on their
machine.  It speaks the truth.

(We now see again why the Frequently Asked Questions posting is a Good
Idea.)