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From: rbj@dsys.ncsl.nist.gov (Root Boy Jim)
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Subject: Expansion of the acronym \"grep\"
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Date: 12 Jun 89 22:58:34 GMT
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? From: "Stephen J. Friedl" <friedl@vsi.com>

? How many of these can people come up with?  Please stop posting
? these silly answers, because each is wrong.

Yeah, but *this* one is *supposed* to be wrong. Back when I was playing
with RSX-11M, some guy had a thing called `GRE' (RSX commands were
always at least three letters, but you could type anything after
that), off a DECUS tape. He said it stood for `Get REPresentation'.

?      S/tev/e

? Stephen J. Friedl / V-Systems, Inc. / Santa Ana, CA / +1 714 545 6442 
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