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bug#22551: 24.5; M-x grep: can't add option after default option list
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Glenn Morris |
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bug#22551: 24.5; M-x grep: can't add option after default option list |
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Date: |
Thu, 04 Feb 2016 12:32:31 -0500 |
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Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) |
Benoit Coste wrote:
> When I type M-x grep, this is what I get.
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> Run grep (like this): grep --color -nH -e
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> If if try to add an option after the '-e', let's say '-R', Emacs thinks
> the option is the pattern I am looking for instead of considering it as
> an option.
We assume familiarity with grep options. The -e option of grep takes an
argument, namely the pattern to search for. You can either add your
option before the -e, or maybe you are interested in M-x rgrep.
I don't see this as an Emacs bug.