grep
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From an idiomatic command sequence in the qed and ed text editors: ‘g/re/p’, meaning: globally search for a regular expression and print.
Pronunciation [edit]
Proper noun [edit]
grep
Verb [edit]
grep (third-person singular simple present greps, present participle grepping, simple past and past participle grepped)
- To use a program such as grep to search in a file.
- By extension, to search anything (perhaps a paper document by eye).
Derived terms [edit]
Phrases [edit]
- You can't grep dead trees - Meaning one can more easily search through digital media, using tools such as grep, than one could with a paper copy (i.e., one made from dead trees).
Translations [edit]
Anagrams [edit]
External links [edit]
- grep in the Jargon File
Albanian [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Contraction of variant gërepë, from archaic and dialectal gërjepë, from Proto-Albanian *ga-repa, from *repa ‘to peel, tear off’ (modern rrjep). More at rrjep.
Noun [edit]
grep m
- hook, fishhook
Derived terms [edit]
Norwegian Bokmål [edit]
Noun [edit]
grep n (definite singular grepet; indefinite plural grep; definite plural grepa/grepene)
- A grasp.
Verb [edit]
grep
- Past tense of gripe.
Swedish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Norse greip, from Proto-Germanic *graipō.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
grep c
- garden fork, graip – a tool, resembling a pitchfork but where both handle and prongs are shorter and sturdier, and which is used more for digging than lifting
Declension [edit]
Declension of grep
Verb [edit]
grep
- past tense of gripa.
