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grep is a command-line utility for searching plaintext datasets for lines that match a regular expression. Its name comes from the ed command g/re/p (global regular expression search and print), which has the same effect.
initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee; pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
Lists of acronyms contain acronyms, a type of abbreviation formed from the initial components of the words of a longer name or phrase. They are organized alphabetically and by field. They are organized alphabetically and by field.
according to Jeffrey Friedl's Mastering Regular Expressions 2nd Ed (O'Reilly 2002) grep stands simply for global regular expression print. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.108.115.184 ( talk • contribs ) 01:13, 13 October 2005
Grammatical abbreviations are generally written in full or small caps to visually distinguish them from the translations of lexical words. For instance, capital or small-cap PAST (frequently abbreviated to PST) glosses a grammatical past-tense morpheme, while lower-case 'past' would be a literal translation of a word with that meaning.
He later added this capability to the Unix editor ed, which eventually led to the popular search tool grep's use of regular expressions ("grep" is a word derived from the command for regular expression searching in the ed editor: g/re/p meaning "Global search for Regular Expression and Print matching lines"). [15]
He said the abbreviation stemmed from the “YSL” logo on Yves Saint Laurent pants. Pushin’ P. ... RICO stands for the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, which is a state law ...
ls, a command specified by POSIX and by the Single UNIX Specification; used for listing files.ls, the internet top-level domain for Lesotho; Link-state routing protocol, used in packet-switching networks