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[bug-grep] Re: grep patch proposal (-p, --position new option)
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Martin Pool |
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[bug-grep] Re: grep patch proposal (-p, --position new option) |
Date: |
Tue, 14 Dec 2004 17:09:36 +1100 |
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Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i |
On 14 Dec 2004, Claudio Fontana <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Perhaps (only perhaps) it should be orthogonal to
> > the line-number
> > option, so that you would need -np to get both.
>
> I see a problem with that: if only -p is specified,
> the output format is indistinguishable from -n, and
> confusion between lines and columns can rise.
>
> In the patch I submitted I take this approach:
> if -p is specified, then -n is implied. Further
> specifying -n does no harm.
Fair enough.
--
Martin
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