jeff@heurikon.UUCP (02/14/84)
Well, getting the new Kernigham and Pike book was worth it,
if only to learn where "grep" originated. Since those of us
who now know consider it a distinct priviledge to have been
let in on this secret, I just can't give it away, except to
suggest that when you get the book, look first at page 18.
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ki@linus.UUCP (Kevin Ilsen) (02/16/84)
--- The first place I saw grep "revealed" was in "Advanced Editing on UNIX" by Brian Kernighan, a paper distributed in the documentation package for PWB/UNIX. -- --Kevin Ilsen {allegra,genrad,ihnp4,utzoo,philabs,uw-beaver}!linus!ki (UUCP) linus!ki@mitre-bedford (MIL)