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Grep Moderate

Grep has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Proper Noun

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Verb
1

To use a program such as grep to search in a file.

"I used grep to quickly find every instance of that error code in the server log file."

Proper Noun
1

A program which selects lines in a file which match a given pattern.

"I used grep to quickly find every line containing the error code in the server log file."

See Also
file greps pattern greppable program match grepping grepped
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