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RE: grep command doc - point out that you can chain now
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Drew Adams |
Subject: |
RE: grep command doc - point out that you can chain now |
Date: |
Mon, 17 Jul 2006 11:20:47 -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.
Yes indeed. That's even more general, and I wasn't aware of that. It's
important to include the example, to illustrate what is meant by "shell
command whose output resembles...".
- 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
- Re: grep command doc - point out that you can chain now, Nick Roberts, 2006/07/19