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the one program the saves my life.. daily

Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 7:49 pm
by avansc
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grep

learn to use this, if you do not have a unix based OS, then install cygwin.

http://www.cygwin.com/

Re: the one program the saves my life.. daily

Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 9:53 pm
by trufun202
Yup. I was introduced to Grep in my college Unix class - to which I said, "WTF is this syntax, I'm never going to need this!!"

Then, along came the magical world of Regular Expressions at work. Fuck.

...I have since learned to embrace the magic. :oops:

Re: the one program the saves my life.. daily

Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 10:06 pm
by Falco Girgis
ROFL! I've had to become acquainted with it at work too!

Once you learn it, it's a powerful tool.

Re: the one program the saves my life.. daily

Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 10:11 am
by StealthAsimov
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