Subject: Re: Free grep (was: Re: HTML browser)
To: Chuck Yerkes <chuck+nbsd@2003.snew.com>
From: Chris Pinnock <cjep@fawlty.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/12/2003 15:27:02
On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 12:16:59AM -0400, Chuck Yerkes wrote:
> Me?  My view is if there's a free alternative to GNU code, then it
> should be adopted and problems will get fixed.

There is a version of grep in NetBSD's othersrc/usr.bin directory (available
by CVS). I'm busy at the moment, but in a few weeks hope to finish it off
as a drop in replacement for GNU grep. I also intend to look at the
changes that OpenBSD have made.