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