From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 91293b93 for ; Thu, 19 Jul 2018 02:58:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id EFF8F9EC1A; Thu, 19 Jul 2018 12:58:21 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D79E9E982; Thu, 19 Jul 2018 12:57:53 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 592509E982; Thu, 19 Jul 2018 12:57:50 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 438 seconds by postgrey-1.35 at minnie.tuhs.org; Thu, 19 Jul 2018 12:57:49 AEST Received: from www.lemis.com (www.lemis.com [208.86.226.86]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D07939E3BA for ; Thu, 19 Jul 2018 12:57:49 +1000 (AEST) Received: from eureka.lemis.com (lemis.com [192.109.197.81]) by www.lemis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D2BB1B72837; Thu, 19 Jul 2018 02:50:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eureka.lemis.com (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 7406A4494B5; Thu, 19 Jul 2018 12:50:29 +1000 (AEST) Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2018 12:50:29 +1000 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey To: "John P. Linderman" Message-ID: <20180719025029.GC54853@eureka.lemis.com> References: <201807181139.w6IBdvUT063499@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ZmUaFz6apKcXQszQ" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: LEMIS, 29 Stones Road, Dereel, VIC, Australia Phone: +61-3-5346-1370, +61-3-5309-0418 Mobile: 0401 265 606. Use only as instructed. WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/grog X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9A1B 8202 BCCE B846 F92F 09AC 22E6 F290 507A 4223 User-Agent: Mutt/1.6.1 (2016-04-27) Subject: [TUHS] Grep (was: TUHS Digest, Vol 32, Issue 12) X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: The Unix Heritage Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --ZmUaFz6apKcXQszQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday, 18 July 2018 at 9:47:44 -0400, John P. Linderman wrote: > "Grep" as a verb expanded beyond files. I recall a friend saying they were > "grepping for their keys on the dresser". It's interesting to note that the Oxford English Dictionary has included grep`both as a noun and as a verb in 2003. From the noun: Etymology: < grep, a string of characters used as a command in the Unix operating system < the initial letters of global(ly) search regular expression print. The string g/re/p (where re stands for the regular expression searched for) was earlier used in a Unix text editor as the syntax for a sequence of commands performing the same operation as grep. Here your usage: 2. trans. slang (usually humorous). Of a person: to search; to scan visually. 1984 The Doctor's New Clothes in net.tv.drwho (Usenet newsgroup) 16 Aug. Peter Davison happened across his clothes while grepping the TARDIS for the Zero Room. Greg -- Sent from my desktop computer. Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. This message is digitally signed. If your Microsoft mail program reports problems, please read http://lemis.com/broken-MUA --ZmUaFz6apKcXQszQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEARECAAYFAltP/HUACgkQIubykFB6QiN5YACfVaTzNdpx2T+V8D3xDXsgZ2V1 gIEAoKzak2Joes9PqZSd3a0OysEPUU56 =f5LA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZmUaFz6apKcXQszQ--