Re: How do we fix IBM's "eServer" mentality?

According to
http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/languages/c/unix-c/usenet/u-questions.txt

The exact origin of the name is shrouded in the mists of prehistory, but
one explanation is often given: The command g/re/p in the original UNIX
text editor "ed" was used so often it was packaged up into a command that
was obviously named "grep." According to Kernighan/Plauger _Software Tools
in Pascal_, it stands for "Globally look for Regular Expressions and
Print." The phrase "Generalized Regular Expression Parser" has also been
offered as an origin of the acronym.

Here are a few more common possiblities:
Global Regular Expression Printer
Generalized Regular Expression Parser
Global Regular Expression Program
Global Regular Expression Parser

To make this RPG, why no g/re/p in SEU?

Regards,
Rich

At 02:34 PM 2/18/02, you wrote:
>On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 boldt@ca.ibm.com wrote:
>
> > one command I use a lot is "grep".  What does the word "grep"
> > mean?  I have no idea.  But it is quite useful, especially in
>
>I believe it stands for Global Regular ExPression.  But I think I got
>single level store wrong so don't take my word for it :)
>
>James Rich
>james@eaerich.com
>
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Regards,
Rich