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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Why fgrep?
Message-ID: <9116@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 9 Dec 88 07:36:57 GMT
References: <1050@naucse.UUCP>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) )
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <1050@naucse.UUCP> sbw@naucse.UUCP (Steve Wampler) writes:
>Is there ever a situation (these days) where fgrep is
>preferable to grep?

Yes,
	fgrep 'word1
	word2
	...
	wordn' files ...

Be advised that work is underway at Bell Labs to merge all the greps
into a single utility.