greppable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ˈɡɹɛ.pə.bəl/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree English grep Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English greppable From grep + -able.
Meanings
- (not-comparable, of a file) In a format suitable for searching with the program grep; able to be grepped.