verb · intransitive · rare

grep

grep · greps · grepped · grepping

грепать, грепнуть

greppen

To use a program such as grep to search in a fileTo use a program such as grep to search in a file.

/ɡɹɛp/

Meaning

2 senses

To use a program such as grep to search in a file.
You can't grep dead trees.
greppen
грепатьgrepatʹ, грепнутьgrepnutʹ
(broadly)To search anything (perhaps a paper document by eye).

Translations

2 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

use the program grep:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

use the program grep:

Origin

From an idiomatic command sequence in the qed and ed text editors: ‘g/re/p’, meaning: glob

From an idiomatic command sequence in the qed and ed text editors: ‘g/re/p’, meaning: globally search for a regular expression and print.

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Forms

greps, grepping, grepped, grepped

Base form	grep · to grep
3rd person singular	greps
Present participle	grepping
Past simple	grepped
Past participle	grepped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	grep
he, she, it	greps

Past simpleLesson

all persons

grepped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have grepped
he, she, it	has grepped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will grep

Word family

1 related words

Derivedgreppable

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle