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Re: grep command doc - point out that you can chain now
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: grep command doc - point out that you can chain now |
Date: |
Mon, 17 Jul 2006 20:59:50 +0300 |
> From: "Drew Adams" <address@hidden>
> Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 08:28:36 -0700
>
> I don't think it should be pointed out in the manual because
> you would expect it to work. However it might be worth mentioning
> it in NEWS, so that users who have tried it in the past know it
> will now work.
>
> I don't think it's obvious ("you would expect it to work"), since Emacs
> `grep' is asking for input to the Unix/GNU-Linux `grep' command.
IMHO, it should suffice to say that "M-x grep" expects _any_ shell
command whose output resembles that of Grep. That includes, for
example, "find SOMETHING | xargs fgrep" etc.
- grep command doc - point out that you can chain now, Drew Adams, 2006/07/16
- Re: grep command doc - point out that you can chain now, David Kastrup, 2006/07/17
- Re: grep command doc - point out that you can chain now, Richard Stallman, 2006/07/17
- Re: grep command doc - point out that you can chain now, Nick Roberts, 2006/07/17
- RE: grep command doc - point out that you can chain now, Drew Adams, 2006/07/18
- RE: grep command doc - point out that you can chain now, Nick Roberts, 2006/07/18
- RE: grep command doc - point out that you can chain now, Drew Adams, 2006/07/18
- Re: grep command doc - point out that you can chain now, Richard Stallman, 2006/07/18
- Re: grep command doc - point out that you can chain now, Richard Stallman, 2006/07/18
- Re: grep command doc - point out that you can chain now, Nick Roberts, 2006/07/18
- Re: grep command doc - point out that you can chain now, Richard Stallman, 2006/07/19