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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!como.dpie.gov.au!news.gan.net.au!act.news.telstra.net!vic.news.telstra.net!sleipnir.iaccess.com.au!news.unimelb.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!netnews.nwnet.net!speakeasy.org!speakeasy.org!not-for-mail From: brianr@speakeasy.org (Brian Raiter) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.solaris Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list? Date: 14 May 1997 19:55:31 -0700 Organization: Speakeasy, Inc., Seattle WA Lines: 10 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <5ldtv3$jnm@eve.speakeasy.org> References: <5kd2ng$c8b$1@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> <337A003F.6A7B@ncofsi.com> <3378D37F.462F3A47@gaijin.com> <x6iv0l7uxw.fsf@ez.bts.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: eve.speakeasy.org Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.shell:44940 comp.os.linux.misc:175294 comp.os.linux.x:61560 alt.os.linux:21134 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3215 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:40893 gnu.misc.discuss:31254 comp.unix.solaris:106502 Phil Eschallier <phil@bts.com>: > grep = Global Regular Expresion Parser > fgrep = Fast grep > egrep = Extended grep Are you sure about fgrep? Most grep man pages leave me with the impression that the f stands for "fixed" strings. b