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Changes to grep/manual/html_node/File-and-Directory-Selection.html, v
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Jim Meyering |
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Changes to grep/manual/html_node/File-and-Directory-Selection.html, v |
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Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:04:28 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /webcvs/grep
Module name: grep
Changes by: Jim Meyering <meyering> 10/03/23 12:04:22
Index: html_node/File-and-Directory-Selection.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/grep/grep/manual/html_node/File-and-Directory-Selection.html,v
retrieving revision 1.1
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -b -r1.1 -r1.2
--- html_node/File-and-Directory-Selection.html 24 May 2009 18:42:58 -0000
1.1
+++ html_node/File-and-Directory-Selection.html 23 Mar 2010 12:04:19 -0000
1.2
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
<html lang="en">
<head>
-<title>File and Directory Selection - GNU Grep 2.5.4</title>
+<title>File and Directory Selection - GNU Grep 2.6</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html">
-<meta name="description" content="GNU Grep 2.5.4">
+<meta name="description" content="GNU Grep 2.6">
<meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.13">
<link title="Top" rel="start" href="index.html#Top">
<link rel="up" href="Command_002dline-Options.html#Command_002dline-Options"
title="Command-line Options">
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
<!--
This manual is for `grep', a pattern matching engine.
-Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009 Free
-Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1999-2002, 2005, 2008-2010 Free Software Foundation,
+Inc.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@
<h4 class="subsection">2.1.6 File and Directory Selection</h4>
<dl>
-<dt>‘<samp><span
class="samp">-a</span></samp>’<dt>‘<samp><span
class="samp">--text</span></samp>’<dd><a name="index-g_t_002da-88"></a><a
name="index-g_t_002d_002dtext-89"></a><a
name="index-suppress-binary-data-90"></a><a
name="index-binary-files-91"></a>Process a binary file as if it were text;
+<dt>‘<samp><span
class="samp">-a</span></samp>’<dt>‘<samp><span
class="samp">--text</span></samp>’<dd><a name="index-g_t_002da-92"></a><a
name="index-g_t_002d_002dtext-93"></a><a
name="index-suppress-binary-data-94"></a><a
name="index-binary-files-95"></a>Process a binary file as if it were text;
this is equivalent to the ‘<samp><span
class="samp">--binary-files=text</span></samp>’ option.
- <dt>‘<samp><span
class="samp">--binary-files=</span><var>type</var></samp>’<dd><a
name="index-g_t_002d_002dbinary_002dfiles-92"></a><a
name="index-binary-files-93"></a>If the first few bytes of a file indicate that
the file contains binary data,
+ <dt>‘<samp><span
class="samp">--binary-files=</span><var>type</var></samp>’<dd><a
name="index-g_t_002d_002dbinary_002dfiles-96"></a><a
name="index-binary-files-97"></a>If the first few bytes of a file indicate that
the file contains binary data,
assume that the file is of type <var>type</var>.
By default, <var>type</var> is ‘<samp><span
class="samp">binary</span></samp>’,
and <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> normally outputs either
@@ -68,13 +68,13 @@
if the output is a terminal and
if the terminal driver interprets some of it as commands.
- <br><dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">-D
</span><var>action</var></samp>’<dt>‘<samp><span
class="samp">--devices=</span><var>action</var></samp>’<dd><a
name="index-g_t_002dD-94"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002ddevices-95"></a><a
name="index-device-search-96"></a>If an input file is a device, FIFO, or
socket, use <var>action</var> to process it.
+ <br><dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">-D
</span><var>action</var></samp>’<dt>‘<samp><span
class="samp">--devices=</span><var>action</var></samp>’<dd><a
name="index-g_t_002dD-98"></a><a name="index-g_t_002d_002ddevices-99"></a><a
name="index-device-search-100"></a>If an input file is a device, FIFO, or
socket, use <var>action</var> to process it.
By default, <var>action</var> is ‘<samp><span
class="samp">read</span></samp>’,
which means that devices are read just as if they were ordinary files.
If <var>action</var> is ‘<samp><span
class="samp">skip</span></samp>’,
devices, FIFOs, and sockets are silently skipped.
- <br><dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">-d
</span><var>action</var></samp>’<dt>‘<samp><span
class="samp">--directories=</span><var>action</var></samp>’<dd><a
name="index-g_t_002dd-97"></a><a
name="index-g_t_002d_002ddirectories-98"></a><a
name="index-directory-search-99"></a>If an input file is a directory, use
<var>action</var> to process it.
+ <br><dt>‘<samp><span class="samp">-d
</span><var>action</var></samp>’<dt>‘<samp><span
class="samp">--directories=</span><var>action</var></samp>’<dd><a
name="index-g_t_002dd-101"></a><a
name="index-g_t_002d_002ddirectories-102"></a><a
name="index-directory-search-103"></a>If an input file is a directory, use
<var>action</var> to process it.
By default, <var>action</var> is ‘<samp><span
class="samp">read</span></samp>’,
which means that directories are read just as if they were ordinary files
(some operating systems and file systems disallow this,
@@ -85,26 +85,26 @@
<samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> reads all files under each
directory, recursively;
this is equivalent to the ‘<samp><span
class="samp">-r</span></samp>’ option.
- <br><dt>‘<samp><span
class="samp">--exclude=</span><var>glob</var></samp>’<dd><a
name="index-g_t_002d_002dexclude-100"></a><a
name="index-exclude-files-101"></a><a
name="index-searching-directory-trees-102"></a>Skip files whose base name
matches <var>glob</var>
+ <br><dt>‘<samp><span
class="samp">--exclude=</span><var>glob</var></samp>’<dd><a
name="index-g_t_002d_002dexclude-104"></a><a
name="index-exclude-files-105"></a><a
name="index-searching-directory-trees-106"></a>Skip files whose base name
matches <var>glob</var>
(using wildcard matching).
A file-name glob can use
‘<samp><span class="samp">*</span></samp>’, ‘<samp><span
class="samp">?</span></samp>’, and ‘<samp><span
class="samp">[</span></samp>’...‘<samp><span
class="samp">]</span></samp>’ as wildcards,
and <code>\</code> to quote a wildcard or backslash character literally.
- <br><dt>‘<samp><span
class="samp">--exclude-from=</span><var>file</var></samp>’<dd><a
name="index-g_t_002d_002dexclude_002dfrom-103"></a><a
name="index-exclude-files-104"></a><a
name="index-searching-directory-trees-105"></a>Skip files whose base name
matches any of the file-name globs
+ <br><dt>‘<samp><span
class="samp">--exclude-from=</span><var>file</var></samp>’<dd><a
name="index-g_t_002d_002dexclude_002dfrom-107"></a><a
name="index-exclude-files-108"></a><a
name="index-searching-directory-trees-109"></a>Skip files whose base name
matches any of the file-name globs
read from <var>file</var> (using wildcard matching as described
under ‘<samp><span class="samp">--exclude</span></samp>’).
- <br><dt>‘<samp><span
class="samp">--exclude-dir=</span><var>dir</var></samp>’<dd><a
name="index-g_t_002d_002dexclude_002ddir-106"></a><a
name="index-exclude-directories-107"></a>Exclude directories matching the
pattern <var>dir</var> from recursive
+ <br><dt>‘<samp><span
class="samp">--exclude-dir=</span><var>dir</var></samp>’<dd><a
name="index-g_t_002d_002dexclude_002ddir-110"></a><a
name="index-exclude-directories-111"></a>Exclude directories matching the
pattern <var>dir</var> from recursive
directory searches.
<br><dt>‘<samp><span
class="samp">-I</span></samp>’<dd>Process a binary file as if it did not
contain matching data;
this is equivalent to the ‘<samp><span
class="samp">--binary-files=without-match</span></samp>’ option.
- <br><dt>‘<samp><span
class="samp">--include=</span><var>glob</var></samp>’<dd><a
name="index-g_t_002d_002dinclude-108"></a><a
name="index-include-files-109"></a><a
name="index-searching-directory-trees-110"></a>Search only files whose base
name matches <var>glob</var>
+ <br><dt>‘<samp><span
class="samp">--include=</span><var>glob</var></samp>’<dd><a
name="index-g_t_002d_002dinclude-112"></a><a
name="index-include-files-113"></a><a
name="index-searching-directory-trees-114"></a>Search only files whose base
name matches <var>glob</var>
(using wildcard matching as described under ‘<samp><span
class="samp">--exclude</span></samp>’).
- <br><dt>‘<samp><span
class="samp">-r</span></samp>’<dt>‘<samp><span
class="samp">-R</span></samp>’<dt>‘<samp><span
class="samp">--recursive</span></samp>’<dd><a
name="index-g_t_002dr-111"></a><a
name="index-g_t_002d_002drecursive-112"></a><a
name="index-recursive-search-113"></a><a
name="index-searching-directory-trees-114"></a>For each directory mentioned on
the command line,
+ <br><dt>‘<samp><span
class="samp">-r</span></samp>’<dt>‘<samp><span
class="samp">-R</span></samp>’<dt>‘<samp><span
class="samp">--recursive</span></samp>’<dd><a
name="index-g_t_002dr-115"></a><a
name="index-g_t_002d_002drecursive-116"></a><a
name="index-recursive-search-117"></a><a
name="index-searching-directory-trees-118"></a>For each directory mentioned on
the command line,
read and process all files in that directory, recursively.
This is the same as the ‘<samp><span
class="samp">--directories=recurse</span></samp>’ option.
- Changes to grep/manual/html_node/File-and-Directory-Selection.html, v,
Jim Meyering <=