greppable

greppable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English grep
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English greppable

    From grep + -able.

    Pronunciation

    • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹɛ.pə.bəl/
    • Audio (UK):(file)

    Adjective

    greppable (not comparable)

    1. (computing, of a file) In a format suitable for searching with the program grep; able to be grepped.

    Derived terms

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