grep
English
Etymology
From an idiomatic command sequence in the qed and ed text editors: ‘g/re/p’, meaning: globally search for a regular expression and print.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɡɹɛp/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛp
Proper noun
grep
Verb
grep (third-person singular simple present greps, present participle grepping, simple past and past participle grepped)
- (computing) To use a program such as grep to search in a file.
- You can't grep dead trees.
- 2019, Kamesh Ganesan, Rithin Skaria, Frederik Vos, Hands-On Linux Administration on Azure […] , 2nd edition, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 293:
- Running
netstat
and grepping forsshd
will give a similar output to this: […]
- (by extension) To search anything (perhaps a paper document by eye).
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- Eric S[teven] Raymond, editor (29 December 2003), “grep”, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.
Anagrams
Albanian
Alternative forms
- grap, gërepë, gërjepë
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *grep- (“hook”), from *gremb- (“crooked, uneven”), ultimately from *ger- (“to turn, bend, twist”) (cf. English grapple, Old French grape, grappe, crape (“hook”), Norwegian grep (“grasp”)). Alternatively a contraction of variant gërepë, from archaic and dialectal gërjepë, from Proto-Albanian *ga-repa, from *repa (“to peel, tear off”) (modern rrjep). More at rrjep.[1]
Noun
grep m
- hook, fishhook
Declension
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | grep | grepi | grepa | grepat |
accusative | grepin | |||
dative | grepi | grepit | grepave | grepave |
ablative | grepash |
Derived terms
Related terms
- gërreç
- zgrip
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “grep”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 123
Further reading
- “grep”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1], 1980
- Newmark, L. (1999) “grep”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2]
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡrɛp]
Noun
grep n
- (informal) grapefruit
Declension
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | grep | grepy |
genitive | grepu | grepů |
dative | grepu | grepům |
accusative | grep | grepy |
vocative | grepe | grepy |
locative | grepu | grepech |
instrumental | grepem | grepy |
Japanese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡɯ̟ɾe̞p̚pɯ̟]
Noun
grep • (gureppu)
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Verb
grepする • (gureppu suru) suru (stem grepし (gureppu shi), past grepした (gureppu shita))
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Conjugation
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Mizenkei ("imperfective") | grepし | グレップし | gureppu shi | |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | grepし | グレップし | gureppu shi | |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | grepする | グレップする | gureppu suru | |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | grepする | グレップする | gureppu suru | |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | grepすれ | グレップすれ | gureppu sure | |
Meireikei ("imperative") | grepせよ¹ grepしろ² |
グレップせよ¹ グレップしろ² |
gureppu seyo¹ gureppu shiro² | |
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | grepされる | グレップされる | gureppu sareru | |
Causative | grepさせる grepさす |
グレップさせる グレップさす |
gureppu saseru gureppu sasu | |
Potential | grepできる | グレップできる | gureppu dekiru | |
Volitional | grepしよう | グレップしよう | gureppu shiyō | |
Negative | grepしない | グレップしない | gureppu shinai | |
Negative continuative | grepせず | グレップせず | gureppu sezu | |
Formal | grepします | グレップします | gureppu shimasu | |
Perfective | grepした | グレップした | gureppu shita | |
Conjunctive | grepして | グレップして | gureppu shite | |
Hypothetical conditional | grepすれば | グレップすれば | gureppu sureba | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative |
Marshallese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
grep
Related terms
References
- "grep" in The Dictionary at Marshallese.org
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From the verb gripe.
Noun
grep n (definite singular grepet, indefinite plural grep, definite plural grepa or grepene)
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Verb
grep
- simple past of gripe.
References
- “grep” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From the verb gripe.
Noun
grep n (definite singular grepet, indefinite plural grep, definite plural grepa)
References
- “grep” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡreːp/
Noun
grēp f
Romanian
Etymology
Clipping of grepfrut.
Noun
grep n (plural grepuri)
Declension
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | grep | grepul | grepuri | grepurile | |
genitive-dative | grep | grepului | grepuri | grepurilor | |
vocative | grepule | grepurilor |
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse greip, from Proto-Germanic *graipō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡreːp/
Audio: (file)
Noun
grep c
- garden fork, graip – a tool, resembling a pitchfork but where both handle and prongs are shorter and sturdier, and which is used more for digging than lifting
Declension
nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | grep | greps |
definite | grepen | grepens | |
plural | indefinite | grepar | grepars |
definite | greparna | greparnas |
Verb
grep
- past indicative of gripa