# GNU Grep

> tool for finding text inside files

**Wikidata**: [Q21282417](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21282417)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/gnu-grep


## References

1. Free Software Directory
2. [why GNU grep is fast. 2010](https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2010-August/019310.html)
3. [grep-2.21 released. 2014](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2014-11/msg00009.html)
4. [grep-2.5.1a tarball. 2004](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-grep/2004-11/msg00005.html)
5. [Source](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grep-commit/2006-11/msg00001.html)
6. [Source](https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/grep/)
7. [GNU grep 2.5.4 released. 2009](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2009-02/msg00008.html)
8. [grep-2.6 released. 2010](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2010-03/msg00023.html)
9. [grep-2.6.1 released. 2010](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2010-03/msg00026.html)
10. [grep-2.6.2 released. 2010](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2010-03/msg00029.html)
11. [grep-2.6.3 released. 2010](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2010-04/msg00002.html)
12. [grep-2.7 released. 2010](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2010-09/msg00011.html)
13. [grep-2.8 released. 2011](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2011-05/msg00005.html)
14. [grep-2.9 released. 2011](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2011-06/msg00005.html)
15. [grep-2.10 released. 2011](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2011-11/msg00006.html)
16. [grep-2.11 released. 2012](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2012-03/msg00000.html)
17. [grep-2.12 released. 2012](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2012-04/msg00010.html)
18. [grep-2.13 released. 2012](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2012-07/msg00002.html)
19. [grep-2.14 released. 2012](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2012-08/msg00007.html)
20. [grep-2.15 released. 2013](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2013-10/msg00014.html)
21. [grep-2.16 released. 2014](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2014-01/msg00002.html)
22. [grep-2.17 released. 2014](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2014-02/msg00004.html)
23. [grep-2.18 released. 2014](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2014-02/msg00006.html)
24. [grep-2.19 released. 2014](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2014-05/msg00005.html)
25. [grep-2.20 released. 2014](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2014-06/msg00003.html)
26. [grep-2.22 released. 2015](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2015-11/msg00001.html)
27. [Source](http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=8477)
28. [grep-2.25 released](https://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=8523)
29. [grep-3.3 released [stable]. 2018](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2018-12/msg00011.html)
30. [grep-3.4 released. 2020](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2020-01/msg00001.html)
31. [grep-3.5 released. 2020](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2020-09/msg00009.html)
32. [grep-3.6 released. 2020](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2020-11/msg00001.html)
33. [grep-3.7 released [stable]. 2021](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2021-08/msg00006.html)
34. [grep-3.8 released. 2022](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2022-09/msg00001.html)
35. [grep-3.9 released. 2023](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2023-03/msg00001.html)
36. [grep-3.10 released. 2023](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2023-03/msg00007.html)
37. [grep-3.11 released. 2023](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2023-05/msg00004.html)
38. [grep-3.12 released [stable]. 2025](https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2025-04/msg00008.html)
39. Quora
40. [Source](https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grep-devel)
41. [Source](https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grep)