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Re: grep: default file if -r is used


From: Paul Jarc
Subject: Re: grep: default file if -r is used
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 09:50:45 -0400
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Stepan Kasal <address@hidden> wrote:
> So I could just put that autodetection in and wait for complaints.
> Paul, Paul, Karl--would any of you object?

FWIW, I'd prefer -R or a new option.  (Even then, I'm not really happy
with the fact that $GREP_OPTIONS could break a script.  But I suppose
it can already break scripts in different ways.)  Autodetection is
less predictable, and thus more error-prone.


paul




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