What Does Grep Mean?
Grep is a command used in Linux, UNIX and Unix-like operating systems to search text, files or any document for a user-specific pattern, a string of text or a matching character. It displays the matching line on the screen that contains the searched object/objects. Grep is one of the most powerful commands on operating systems like Unix or Linux.
Techopedia Explains Grep
The term grep originates from a command in Unix which used to perform a similar operation, g/re/p, which means “globally search a regular expression and print.”
