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From: andrew@alice.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: grep replacement
Summary: sorry
Message-ID: <7939@alice.UUCP>
Date: 1 Jun 88 20:27:17 GMT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill NJ
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Posted: Wed Jun  1 16:27:17 1988



in my naivity, i had not been following netnews closely
after i posted the original ``grep replacement'' article.
I assumed that people would reply to me, not the net.
That is the reason i have not been participating in the discussion.
i will be posting my resolution of the suggestions shortly.

many people have written about patterns matching multiple lines.
grep will not do this. if you really need this, use sam by rob pike
as described in the nov 1987 software practice and experience.
the code is available for a plausible fee from the at&t toolchest.