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Agrep

agrep (approximate grep) is an open-source approximate string matching program, developed by Udi Manber and Sun Wu between 1988 and 1991, for use with the Unix operating system. It was ported to OS/2, MS-DOS, and Windows.

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Developers
Udi Manber · Sun Wu
License
ISC open source license
Operating system
Unix-like · OS/2 · MS-DOS · Windows
Release
1988; 38 years ago (1988)
Repository
github.com/Wikinaut/agrep
Stable release
3.41.5

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Agrep

Nodes19
Edges18
Triples33
Avg. degree1.89
Density0.105263
Components1

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Agrep

Top relations

related to Alternative implementations · 11
Agrep → BSD-like, FREJ, Fuzzy Regular Expressions, However, It, Java, TRE, Unicode, Unlike, Unlike Wu-Manber, Wu-Manber
related to External links · 8
Agrep → Makefile, Oline, OSX, See, To, Unix, Wno-return-typeto, Wu-Manber
Operating system · 4
Agrep → MS-DOS, OS/2, Unix-like, Windows
Developers · 2
Agrep → Sun Wu, Udi Manber
License · 1
Agrep → ISC open source license
Release · 1
Agrep → 1988; 38 years ago (1988)
Repository · 1
Agrep → github.com/Wikinaut/agrep
Stable release · 1
Agrep → 3.41.5
Type · 1
Agrep → Pattern matching
Website · 1
Agrep → www.tgries.de/agrep

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Important terminology

tre matching manber string also license ms-dos windows program udi sun wu 1988 operating system os isc open-source unix regular

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
AgrepDevelopersUdi Manber1.00infobox
AgrepDevelopersSun Wu1.00infobox
AgrepLicenseISC open source license1.00infobox
AgrepOperating systemUnix-like1.00infobox
AgrepOperating systemOS/21.00infobox
AgrepOperating systemMS-DOS1.00infobox
AgrepOperating systemWindows1.00infobox
AgrepRelease1988; 38 years ago (1988)1.00infobox
AgrepRepositorygithub.com/Wikinaut/agrep1.00infobox
AgrepStable release3.41.51.00infobox
AgrepTypePattern matching1.00infobox
AgrepWebsitewww.tgries.de/agrep1.00infobox
AgrepWritten inC1.00infobox
Agrepis acommand-line tool provided with the TRE regular expression library0.90text

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