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		discreditable on Feb 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google Search Is Dying I know normal people would never use it but I sorely wish there was a way for me to just grep the web instead of using "search" as offered by Google et al.

jeffbee on Feb 15, 2022 [–]

You don't have anywhere near the disposable funds that would be required to "grep the web" on your behalf.

demosito666 on Feb 15, 2022 | [–]

One could argue that the initial trigram-based google search is essentially "grep for the web" in terms of the results it provides.

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