From: random832@fastmail.com (Random832)
Subject: [TUHS] Short history of 'grep'
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2016 23:20:41 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1454214041.3189150.507369794.72DF9332@webmail.messagingengine.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LRH.2.20.1601301802360.8927@waffle.shalott.net>
On Sat, Jan 30, 2016, at 21:06, jason-tuhs at shalott.net wrote:
>
> > I'm still trying to get my around about how a program such as "egrep"
> > which handles complex patterns can be faster than one that doesn't...
> > It seems to defeat all logic :-)
> >
> > Is there a simple explanation, involving small words? I've never really
> > looked at the theory.
>
> My assumption when I read it was that it was a typo/braino, that the
> intent was "fgrep" rather than "egrep".
Wouldn't you have to know exactly what your keys look like?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-01-31 4:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-01-30 3:00 Warren Toomey
2016-01-30 19:10 ` Mary Ann Horton
2016-01-30 19:44 ` Dave Horsfall
2016-01-30 20:20 ` Mary Ann Horton
2016-01-30 20:40 ` Dave Horsfall
2016-01-30 21:42 ` Marc Rochkind
2016-01-31 1:41 ` Dave Horsfall
2016-01-31 1:50 ` Larry McVoy
2016-01-31 2:06 ` jason-tuhs
2016-01-31 4:20 ` Random832 [this message]
2016-01-31 17:11 ` Mary Ann Horton
2016-01-31 17:38 ` John Cowan
2016-02-01 10:48 ` Tony Finch
2016-01-31 2:37 ` John Cowan
2016-02-01 10:38 ` Tony Finch
2016-02-01 19:26 ` scj
2016-01-31 17:01 Doug McIlroy
2016-03-05 1:48 ` Dave Horsfall
2016-03-05 1:54 ` Larry McVoy
2016-02-01 20:57 Doug McIlroy
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