Try, "grep grep grep". That's easier to say.

hugh3 · on Aug 20, 2011

OK, now I'm curious.

> cd /usr/bin/

> grep grep grep

Binary file grep matches

It's nice to know that there is indeed a grep in grep when you grep grep for grep.

gwern · on Aug 20, 2011

There's a lot of grep in grep:

[10:37 PM] 97Mb$ strings `which grep`|grep grep `egrep' means `grep -E'. `fgrep' means `grep -F'. Direct invocation as either `egrep' or `fgrep' is deprecated. egrep fgrep bug-grep@gnu.org GNU grep http://www.gnu.org/software/grep/ others, see <http://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/grep.git/tree/AUTHORS>;