[TUHS] Short history of 'grep'

[jason-tuhs at shalott.net]

> I'm still trying to get my around about how a program such as "egrep" 
> which handles complex patterns can be faster than one that doesn't... 
> It seems to defeat all logic :-)
>
> Is there a simple explanation, involving small words?  I've never really 
> looked at the theory.

My assumption when I read it was that it was a typo/braino, that the 
intent was "fgrep" rather than "egrep".


  -Jason