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Re: grep bug
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Paul Jarc |
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Re: grep bug |
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Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:29:38 -0400 |
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Lars Ångman <address@hidden> wrote:
> grep "-b" foo.bar
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> the command hangs, i.e. I never get back to the promt.
-b is interpreted as an option, and foo.bar is interpreted as the
pattern to search for. Since no apparent filename is given, grep
reads stdin.
You can use "grep -e regexp" to search for a pattern that starts with
"-". That will stop the pattern from being interpreted as options.
paul
- grep bug, Lars Ångman, 2006/06/28
- Re: grep bug,
Paul Jarc <=