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bug#17080: [PATCH] egrep, fgrep: go back to shell scripts
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arnold |
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bug#17080: [PATCH] egrep, fgrep: go back to shell scripts |
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Thu, 27 Mar 2014 13:34:28 -0600 |
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Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 03/27/2014 10:53 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > using shell scripts will be bad news for any
> > system that doesn't use a Unix shell
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> So, we're talking about users who want the circa-1977 Unix interface for
> 'grep' but who refuse to install a Unix-like shell anywhere on their
> system? If there's need to support that, I suppose someone could write
> and test an egrep.c that mimicks what the egrep shell script does. I'd
> be open to such a change, though to be honest it sounds low-priority.
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Consider MinGW and/or VMS and/or z/OS (OS/390). In some cases, "a Unix-like
shell" isn't an option.
Thanks,
Arnold