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

[Stephane Chazelas]

On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 11:06:06PM +1100, Martin Pool wrote:
[...] [about a request for a --column option]
> I think this is a mistake; since it can be added so simply and is 
> generally useful I would add it in your place.
[...]

Martin,

just curious, could you please provide an example where it may
be useful? I actually never felt the need for such a kind of
feature but there may be obvious cases I can't think of at the
moment.


(that question may be a variation on "tell us what you need, and
we'll tell you how to do without it"...).

regards,
Stéphane