vgrep

2 definitions found

vgrep - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  vgrep
  optical grep
  
     <jargon> /vee'grep/ (Or "optical grep") Visual grep.
     Finding patterns in a file by eye rather than digitally.
  
     Compare vdiff.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1998-02-06)
  

vgrep - 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.