Grep Definition

pronoun

A program which selects lines in a file which match a given pattern.

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verb
To use a program such as grep to search in a file.
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By extension, to search anything (perhaps a paper document by eye).
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Origin of Grep

  • From an idiomatic command sequence in the qed and ed text editors: "˜g/re/p', meaning: globally search for a regular expression and print.

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