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> Grep is an application name. No more obscure than Excel or
> Outlook.
>
Point taken, I thought it was a command. 
When I first got a PC and Dos 3.? It came with a file called DosHelp 
which listed all the commands, detailed their uses and syntax, with 
which I taught myself what I know. Subsequent editions of Dos and 
windows came with help files containing instructions I can understand. 
Not so Linux. When I started to get fed up with W3.1 I bought the 
Walnut Creek Linux. No wonder it was called Slackware. After 3 attempts 
at a coherent install and about 36 hours of sweat I finally got what 
appeared to be a prompt. I tried several commands and bashed keys at 
random in frustration. All I managed to get was a message which read "I 
bought some batteries, but they weren't included". Someone up Walnut 
Creek certainly had a sense of humour.
Of course, it's what you're used to. I hate driving my wife's car 
because the indicators are on the other side and I keep switching the 
wipers on to turn left. I dread to think of the similar mistakes to be 
made while working two different operating systems. I've invested much 
dosh in W95 software, and Linux software is not exactly free to someone 
with dial-up access who pays his own phone bill. 
I do admire the principles under which Linux has come into being, I 
wish it well andhope one day to be able to use it. In fact I have 
RedHat 6 on my PC, but I've made little progress with it. It's just too 
unintuitive and time consuming. W98 is second nature to me and runs the 
programs that get my work done.
Stuart Grant