GREP_EXP(1)                      RPN UTILITY                       GREP_EXP(1)
NAME
        grep_exp -  search all  files  of all  RCS  master directories  for  a
regular expression.

USAGE
        grep_exp expression [-f result_file]

DESCRIPTION
        grep_exp is a command of the etagere system (environnement de  travail
automatise de gestion d'experiences avec RCS) used to obtain a list of all the
files which contain the regular expression given.   The search is done in  all
the files (*.ftn, *.ptn, *.cdk, *.f, *.c,  *.s and *.h) of all the RCS  master
directories for the current experiment.

        By default, the result of grep_exp is written to file grep.exp.

ARGUMENTS

        expression   -   regular expression to find

        -f           -   key word indicating that the following parameter is
                          the name of the file to use to write the result of
                          the search.

        result_file   -   name of the output file.

EXAMPLE

       We wish to find the  string 'call aaa' and to  keep the result in  file
grep_aaa:

        grep_exp 'call[ ]*aaa' -f grep_aaa

AUTHOR
        James Caveen - RPN - november 1991

NOTES
        The search done by grep_exp is not case sensitive.

NOTE
        See also clt_exp(1), cltr_exp(1), dir_exp(1), eff_exp(1),  etagere(1),
frm_exp(1), hst_exp(1),  intro_exp(1), make_exp(1),  mdm_exp(1),  menu_exp(1),
mrcs_exp(1),  omd_exp(1),  omdr_exp(1),  ouv_exp(1),  qui_exp(1),  rev_exp(1),
smod_exp(1) and sor_exp(1).