vgrep

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

vgrep
 /vee'grep/, v.,n.

   Visual grep. The operation of finding patterns in a file optically
   rather than digitally (also called an optical grep). See {grep};
   compare {vdiff}.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

vgrep
optical grep

   <jargon> /vee'grep/ (Or "optical grep") Visual {grep}.
   Finding patterns in a file by eye rather than digitally.

   Compare {vdiff}.

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   (1998-02-06)

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