Is the verb "grep" too geeky for E&R?

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grep

To gather information related to a particular subject from a large amount of data.
To ascertain the meaning or function of an explanation.

I can't grep reliable guidelines by which to narrow design options.

I thought people at E&R were also geeks. Is the word geek only for CS majors? — Rick_2047, Dec 26, 2010 at 6:58
@Rick_2047, Certainly E&R users are geeks; but to what extent? ;) — tyblu, Dec 26, 2010 at 7:59
That's not the exact meaning I've seen used for grep. I've only seen it used to mean "locate a piece of information within a huge pile of information" rather than a general "gather information" sense. See also "man 1 grep" — markrages, Dec 27, 2010 at 0:25
...and here i was thinking it was just the name of a unix command line utility... can I awk you something? what did you sed the other day? — vicatcu, Dec 29, 2010 at 15:25

tyblu · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-07 07:05:21Z

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No.

answered Feb 7, 2011 at 7:05

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Brian Carlton · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-01 21:05:56Z

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Yes. Most EE's that have been out of school for 10 years or more don't know it.

answered Jan 1, 2011 at 21:05

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\$\begingroup\$ Though there may be many EE's frequenting E&R, I doubt they are the majority. The Hacker/Maker crowd must be larger. Anyway, I certainly didn't learn about grep at school. \$\endgroup\$
– tyblu
Jan 1, 2011 at 21:14
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\$\begingroup\$ I think that the qualifier is not 'time since school' but 'time since using an OS other than Windows'. \$\endgroup\$
– Kevin Vermeer
Jan 3, 2011 at 20:04

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