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This is GNU grep, the "fastest grep in the west" (we hope). All
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bugs reported in previous releases have been fixed. Many exciting new
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bugs have probably been introduced in this revision.
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GNU grep is provided "as is" with no warranty. The exact terms
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under which you may use and (re)distribute this program are detailed
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in the GNU General Public License, in the file COPYING.
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GNU grep is based on a fast lazy-state deterministic matcher (about
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twice as fast as stock Unix egrep) hybridized with a Boyer-Moore-Gosper
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search for a fixed string that eliminates impossible text from being
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considered by the full regexp matcher without necessarily having to
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look at every character. The result is typically many times faster
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than Unix grep or egrep. (Regular expressions containing backreferencing
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will run more slowly, however.)
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See the files AUTHORS and THANKS for a list of authors and other contributors.
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See the file INSTALL for compilation and installation instructions.
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See the file NEWS for a description of major changes in this release.
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1999-12-30 19:30:26 +00:00
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See the file TODO for ideas on how you could help us improve grep.
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Send bug reports to bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org. Be sure to
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include the word "grep" in your Subject: header field.
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