Re: grep recurse fails

[John Cowan]

Dave B scripsit:

> > When using grep or fgrep like the following, if a sub-directory starting
> > with "---" is present in the current directory, grep fails with the
> > message "grep: unknown option  « ---<<directory name>> »"
> >
> > Example :
> >
> > $ ls
> > profil.centrapel.com
> > ---recrutement.centrapel.com
> > recrutement.centrapel.com
> >
> > $ fgrep -R "find me" *.*
> 
> fgrep -R -- "find me" *.*

That works, but it's still a bug that grep recognizes options after the
pattern argument has been given.

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