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Re: Option "-p" (like AIX grep) for GNU grep : would anybody support thi
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Philip Nelson |
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Re: Option "-p" (like AIX grep) for GNU grep : would anybody support this being added? |
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Wed, 13 May 2020 10:28:04 +0100 |
Paul,
Thanks for your note.
Unfortunately IBM grep, like just about everything in AIX, is proprietary.
So any attempt to add this to GNU grep would have to be a "from scratch"
implementation.
Phil
On Fri, 8 May 2020 at 02:09, Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 5/7/20 1:38 PM, Philip Nelson wrote:
> > I just wondered if I took the time to try to write this, is there much
> > chance that a patch of this nature would be accepted?
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> It looks like it might be useful.
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> Is IBM 'grep' derived from GNU 'grep'? If so, it's under the GPL already.
>