[bug-grep] Re: grep feature request: show column numbers

[Stepan Kasal]

Hi,

[moved the discussion to bug-grep]

On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 01:21:59PM +0000, Stephane Chazelas wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 12:52:27PM +1100, Martin Pool wrote:
> > It would be nice if GNU grep had an option to show the column number
[...]
> > % grep -nH --column GNU /etc/issue
> > /etc/issue:1:8:Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 \n \l
> [...]
> That's a job for awk:

well, that brings the problem that awk regexps differ from all the types
supported by grep.  It depends, whether the application can take this.

But we both agree that the solution can be programmed easily outside
the grep proper.

Regards,
        Stepan