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Could I suggest that greppbarhet is more precisely translated as “the ability of being understood”? (Norwegian here. Our languages are similar, but we miss thi

• psychoslave 2y ago
  So, at the extrem opposite of the esoteric "general regular expression print" that grep stands for with few ever knowing it?
  • johncoltrane 2y ago
    s/general/global
• medstrom 2y ago
  Norwegian still translates grep as "grip"/"grab". I always thought of grepping as reaching in with a hand into the text and grabbing lines. That association is close at hand (insert lame chuckle) for German and English speakers too.
  • pbhjpbhj 2y ago
    In English that association is going to depend a lot on one's accent; until now I've never associated grep-ing with anything other than using grep! (But, equally, that might just be a me thing.)
    • bee_rider 2y ago
      It doesn’t sound anything like grip in my accent but for some reason the association has always been there for me. Grabbing or ripping parts from the file.
    • medstrom 2y ago
      What about groping? Groping around for text.