On Sat, Apr 29, 2023 at 1:53 PM Chris Adams wrote:
> Once upon a time, Patrick O'Callaghan said:
> > On Sat, 2023-04-29 at 10:23 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote:
> > > I'd wager there are shell scripts using fgrep that were written on
> > > the first pdp-11 unix and are still in use today
> >
> > IIRC
Once upon a time, Patrick O'Callaghan said:
> On Sat, 2023-04-29 at 10:23 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote:
> > I'd wager there are shell scripts using fgrep that were written on
> > the first pdp-11 unix and are still in use today
>
> IIRC early PDP-11 UNIX (pre System V) only had grep. fgrep and egrep
On Sat, 2023-04-29 at 10:23 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote:
> I'd wager there are shell scripts using fgrep that were written on
> the first pdp-11 unix and are still in use today
IIRC early PDP-11 UNIX (pre System V) only had grep. fgrep and egrep
are later additions. (Not trying to counter your argume
