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- This is GNU grep, the "fastest grep in the west" (we hope). All
- bugs reported in previous releases have been fixed. Many exciting new
- bugs have probably been introduced in this revision.
-
- GNU grep is provided "as is" with no warranty. The exact terms
- under which you may use and (re)distribute this program are detailed
- in the GNU General Public License, in the file COPYING.
-
- GNU grep is based on a fast lazy-state deterministic matcher (about
- twice as fast as stock Unix egrep) hybridized with a Boyer-Moore-Gosper
- search for a fixed string that eliminates impossible text from being
- considered by the full regexp matcher without necessarily having to
- look at every character. The result is typically many times faster
- than Unix grep or egrep. (Regular expressions containing backreferencing
- will run more slowly, however.)
-
- See the files AUTHORS and THANKS for a list of authors and other contributors.
-
- See the file INSTALL for compilation and installation instructions.
-
- See the file NEWS for a description of major changes in this release.
-
- See the file TODO for ideas on how you could help us improve grep.
-
- Send bug reports to bug-grep@gnu.org.
-