Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-lcc!mordor!styx!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!jade!lapis.berkeley.edu!oster From: oster@lapis.berkeley.edu (David Phillip Oster) Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards Subject: Etymology of "grep" Message-ID: <2134@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: Thu, 8-Jan-87 13:43:50 EST Article-I.D.: jade.2134 Posted: Thu Jan 8 13:43:50 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 9-Jan-87 21:39:25 EST References: <67@ucdavis.UUCP> Sender: usenet@jade.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: oster@lapis.berkeley.edu.UUCP (David Phillip Oster) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 9 Xref: mnetor comp.lang.modula2:80 comp.unix.questions:576 comp.unix.wizards:547 We've all heard the story that grep gets its name from the command in old Unix "ed": g/r.e./p where r.e. stands for regular expression. Although this may be true, it is hard to believe that it is the whole truth. "Grep" is also named for "greps" the Yiddish word for "belch." --- David Phillip Oster -- "We live in a Global Village." Arpa: oster@lapis.berkeley.edu -- Uucp: ucbvax!ucblapis!oster -- "You are Number Six."