[Info-vax] grep a nice one

[Richard B. Gilbert]

Wilm Boerhout wrote:
> CY mentioned  on 28-1-2010 18:54:
>> Any suggestions? or do I have to try that out myself?
>>
>> got some .sh that i want to convert and as I see this little thingy
>> "grep" do some search and deliver exactly what you want.
>>
>> is there any thing like it native or do I have to dl some *NIX
>> replacement?
>>
>> //CY
> 
> $ grep :== search SYS$PIPE
> $ pipe <whatever> | grep "text"
> 
> No patterns/regex though
> 
> /Wilm

There are freeware versions of both grep and gawk for VMS.  These do regex!