grep replacement

[Scott E. Preece]

From: Doug Gwyn  <gwyn at brl-smoke.arpa>
> The proposed tool would be very handy on ordinary text files, but it is
> hard to see a use for it on pipes.  Or, getting back to context-grep,
> what good would it do to show context from a pipe?  To do anything with
> the information (other than stare at it), you'd need to produce it
> again.
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Well, actually, I often produce output for which I have no other use
than staring at.  Sometimes one uses the system to find an answer,
rather than to create grist for some future use...

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scott preece
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