Chris Siebenmann on Nostr: One of my opinions on egrep/fgrep versus 'grep -E' and 'grep -F' is that the former ...
One of my opinions on egrep/fgrep versus 'grep -E' and 'grep -F' is that the former are rather nicer to type than the latter, and that matters. One extra letter, all lower case, no shifting needed. And egrep and fgrep have been there for a very long time.
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