Usage : grep <string> <files> Grep stands for Get Regular ExPression (I think) and if it doesn't, the unix version will take a regular expression and search files for it. The version on the mud just takes a string and tries to find all occurances of it through the files specified. Examples: grep frog /std/living/*.c grep this_player() test.c grep am /log/APPLICATIONS Usage: grep <pattern> <files> Grep is used to search through the list of files given for any occurance of the pattern. Useful if you are trying to find every file which has the word frog in it for instance. The optional flag -n means that it doesnt print the line that the string occured on, it just prints the file name. Examples: grep frog /global/* grep -n frog *