Comments | beamjockey: Grepping Chicagoland

beamjockey

Grepping Chicagoland

Jan 02, 2007 18:15

Here's what I get searching a list of Illinois towns in the vicinity of Chicago.

(Actually, I'm not "grepping," I'm using DCL "SEARCH" in VMS, with which I am more comfortable.)

( Wood burbs, lake burbs, park burbs, oak burbs )

nomenclature, chicago, geography, suburbs

Comments 8

anonymous January 3 2007, 03:58:59 UTC

What? No 'grove', 'forest', or 'lawn?'

beamjockey January 3 2007, 14:45:54 UTC

Did I forget those?

Eleven Groves, seven Forests, and only two Lawns.

"Grepping" robin_june January 3 2007, 13:34:56 UTC

Okay, I grok "grokking," but I've never met "grepping." Also my Mac Dashboard widget Dictionary/Thesaurus yields no meaning for it.

So what does "grepping" mean?

Re: "Grepping" mbumby January 3 2007, 14:19:49 UTC

It's a UNIX command to search for a string.

Re: "Grepping" beamjockey January 3 2007, 14:46:58 UTC

Someone ought to add "grep" to the Mac dictionary widget!

Re: "Grepping" armb January 5 2007, 15:31:56 UTC

From the sed command "g/rep", meaning "for all lines, that match regular expression, print", which was useful often enough to be made (faster) a command of its own.

apostle_of_eris January 3 2007, 16:01:51 UTC

What about doubles like Park Forest and Forest Park?
Is Round Lake the most appended, with Beach, Heights, and Park?

This could devolve to Way Too Much Time.
And whose "suburbs.txt" was it to begin with?

beamjockey January 3 2007, 18:53:10 UTC

I slurped the Illinois towns listed in Wikipedia's article on "Chicagoland."