Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
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name
A program which selects lines in a file which match a given pattern.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To use a program such as grep to search in a file.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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verb
To search anything (perhaps a paper document by eye).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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History
From an idiomatic command sequence in the qed and ed text editors: ‘g/re/p’, meaning: globally search for a regular expression and print.
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
