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Grep
A command-line utility used for searching pieces of data that match regular expressions. The search is performed on plain-text data sets. If results are positive, grep will output lines containing the matches or any output based on specific options.
| First released | November 1974 |
| Developed by | Ken Thompson |
| Open-source | Yes |