>From 96e100ad23ec85bf602064298bf86b22cb358525 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2017 13:43:01 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] doc: clarify default input (Bug#25651) * doc/grep.in.1: * src/grep.c (usage): Clarify default input when -r. * src/grep.c (usage): Do not bother documenting egrep and fgrep; the manual is enough. --- doc/grep.in.1 | 20 ++++++++++++-------- src/grep.c | 16 ++++++---------- 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/grep.in.1 b/doc/grep.in.1 index e3472f7..ed6382b 100644 --- a/doc/grep.in.1 +++ b/doc/grep.in.1 @@ -43,15 +43,19 @@ grep, egrep, fgrep \- print lines matching a pattern . .SH DESCRIPTION .B grep -searches the named input -.IR FILE s -for lines containing a match to the given -.IR PATTERN . -If no files are specified, or if the file +searches for +.I PATTERN +in each +.IR FILE . +A +.I FILE +of .RB "\*(lq" \- "\*(rq" -is given, -.B grep -searches standard input. +stands for standard input. +If no +.I FILE +is given, recursive searches examine the working directory, +and nonrecursive searches read standard input. By default, .B grep prints the matching lines. diff --git a/src/grep.c b/src/grep.c index 74acb0b..5bc4cd5 100644 --- a/src/grep.c +++ b/src/grep.c @@ -1928,16 +1928,15 @@ usage (int status) else { printf (_("Usage: %s [OPTION]... PATTERN [FILE]...\n"), getprogname ()); - printf (_("Search for PATTERN in each FILE or standard input.\n")); - printf (_("PATTERN is, by default, a basic regular expression (BRE).\n")); + printf (_("Search for PATTERN in each FILE.\n")); printf (_("\ Example: %s -i 'hello world' menu.h main.c\n\ \n\ -Regexp selection and interpretation:\n"), getprogname ()); +Pattern selection and interpretation:\n"), getprogname ()); printf (_("\ - -E, --extended-regexp PATTERN is an extended regular expression (ERE)\n\ + -E, --extended-regexp PATTERN is an extended regular expression\n\ -F, --fixed-strings PATTERN is a set of newline-separated strings\n\ - -G, --basic-regexp PATTERN is a basic regular expression (BRE)\n\ + -G, --basic-regexp PATTERN is a basic regular expression (default)\n\ -P, --perl-regexp PATTERN is a Perl regular expression\n")); /* -X is deliberately undocumented. */ printf (_("\ @@ -2011,11 +2010,8 @@ Context control:\n\ (MSDOS/Windows)\n\ \n")); printf (_("\ -'egrep' means 'grep -E'. 'fgrep' means 'grep -F'.\n\ -Direct invocation as either 'egrep' or 'fgrep' is deprecated.\n")); - printf (_("\ -When FILE is -, read standard input. With no FILE, read . if a command-line\n\ --r is given, - otherwise. If fewer than two FILEs are given, assume -h.\n\ +When FILE is '-', read standard input. With no FILE, read '.' if\n\ +recursive, '-' otherwise. With fewer than two FILEs, assume -h.\n\ Exit status is 0 if any line is selected, 1 otherwise;\n\ if any error occurs and -q is not given, the exit status is 2.\n")); emit_bug_reporting_address (); -- 2.7.4