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CVSROOT: /webcvs/grep
Module name: grep
Changes by: Jim Meyering <meyering> 21/08/14 16:46:41
Index: html_node/File-and-Directory-Selection.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/grep/grep/manual/html_node/File-and-Directory-Selection.html,v
retrieving revision 1.31
retrieving revision 1.32
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--- html_node/File-and-Directory-Selection.html 28 Sep 2020 03:36:49 -0000
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+++ html_node/File-and-Directory-Selection.html 14 Aug 2021 20:46:40 -0000
1.32
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
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"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html>
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-Copyright (C) 1999-2002, 2005, 2008-2020 Free Software Foundation,
+Copyright (C) 1999-2002, 2005, 2008-2021 Free Software Foundation,
Inc.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -11,84 +14,72 @@
Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover
Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled
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-<a name="File-and-Directory-Selection"></a>
+<div class="subsection" id="File-and-Directory-Selection">
<div class="header">
<p>
-Next: <a href="Other-Options.html#Other-Options" accesskey="n"
rel="next">Other Options</a>, Previous: <a
href="Context-Line-Control.html#Context-Line-Control" accesskey="p"
rel="prev">Context Line Control</a>, Up: <a
href="Command_002dline-Options.html#Command_002dline-Options" accesskey="u"
rel="up">Command-line Options</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents"
title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a
href="Index.html#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
+Next: <a href="Other-Options.html" accesskey="n" rel="next">Other Options</a>,
Previous: <a href="Context-Line-Control.html" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Context
Line Control</a>, Up: <a href="Command_002dline-Options.html" accesskey="u"
rel="up">Command-line Options</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents"
title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Index.html"
title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
</div>
<hr>
-<a name="File-and-Directory-Selection-1"></a>
-<h4 class="subsection">2.1.6 File and Directory Selection</h4>
+<span id="File-and-Directory-Selection-1"></span><h4 class="subsection">2.1.6
File and Directory Selection</h4>
<dl compact="compact">
-<dt><samp>-a</samp></dt>
-<dt><samp>--text</samp></dt>
-<dd><a name="index-_002da"></a>
-<a name="index-_002d_002dtext"></a>
-<a name="index-suppress-binary-data"></a>
-<a name="index-binary-files"></a>
+<dt id='index-_002da'><span><samp>-a</samp><a href='#index-_002da'
class='copiable-anchor'> ¶</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span><samp>--text</samp></span></dt>
+<dd><span id="index-_002d_002dtext"></span>
+<span id="index-suppress-binary-data"></span>
+<span id="index-binary-files"></span>
<p>Process a binary file as if it were text;
this is equivalent to the ‘<samp>--binary-files=text</samp>’
option.
</p>
</dd>
-<dt><samp>--binary-files=<var>type</var></samp></dt>
-<dd><a name="index-_002d_002dbinary_002dfiles"></a>
-<a name="index-binary-files-1"></a>
+<dt
id='index-_002d_002dbinary_002dfiles'><span><samp>--binary-files=<var>type</var></samp><a
href='#index-_002d_002dbinary_002dfiles' class='copiable-anchor'>
¶</a></span></dt>
+<dd><span id="index-binary-files-1"></span>
<p>If a file’s data or metadata
indicate that the file contains binary data,
assume that the file is of type <var>type</var>.
Non-text bytes indicate binary data; these are either output bytes that are
-improperly encoded for the current locale (see <a
href="Environment-Variables.html#Environment-Variables">Environment
Variables</a>), or null input bytes when the
-<samp>-z</samp> (<samp>--null-data</samp>) option is not given (see <a
href="Other-Options.html#Other-Options">Other Options</a>).
+improperly encoded for the current locale (see <a
href="Environment-Variables.html">Environment Variables</a>), or null input
bytes when the
+<samp>-z</samp> (<samp>--null-data</samp>) option is not given (see <a
href="Other-Options.html">Other Options</a>).
</p>
<p>By default, <var>type</var> is ‘<samp>binary</samp>’, and
<code>grep</code>
suppresses output after null input binary data is discovered,
@@ -124,11 +115,10 @@
even if the matches are unsafe for direct display.
</p>
</dd>
-<dt><samp>-D <var>action</var></samp></dt>
-<dt><samp>--devices=<var>action</var></samp></dt>
-<dd><a name="index-_002dD"></a>
-<a name="index-_002d_002ddevices"></a>
-<a name="index-device-search"></a>
+<dt id='index-_002dD'><span><samp>-D <var>action</var></samp><a
href='#index-_002dD' class='copiable-anchor'> ¶</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span><samp>--devices=<var>action</var></samp></span></dt>
+<dd><span id="index-_002d_002ddevices"></span>
+<span id="index-device-search"></span>
<p>If an input file is a device, FIFO, or socket, use <var>action</var> to
process it.
If <var>action</var> is ‘<samp>read</samp>’,
all devices are read just as if they were ordinary files.
@@ -141,12 +131,11 @@
This option has no effect on a file that is read via standard input.
</p>
</dd>
-<dt><samp>-d <var>action</var></samp></dt>
-<dt><samp>--directories=<var>action</var></samp></dt>
-<dd><a name="index-_002dd"></a>
-<a name="index-_002d_002ddirectories"></a>
-<a name="index-directory-search"></a>
-<a name="index-symbolic-links"></a>
+<dt id='index-_002dd'><span><samp>-d <var>action</var></samp><a
href='#index-_002dd' class='copiable-anchor'> ¶</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span><samp>--directories=<var>action</var></samp></span></dt>
+<dd><span id="index-_002d_002ddirectories"></span>
+<span id="index-directory-search"></span>
+<span id="index-symbolic-links"></span>
<p>If an input file is a directory, use <var>action</var> to process it.
By default, <var>action</var> is ‘<samp>read</samp>’,
which means that directories are read just as if they were ordinary files
@@ -160,10 +149,9 @@
this is equivalent to the <samp>-r</samp> option.
</p>
</dd>
-<dt><samp>--exclude=<var>glob</var></samp></dt>
-<dd><a name="index-_002d_002dexclude"></a>
-<a name="index-exclude-files"></a>
-<a name="index-searching-directory-trees"></a>
+<dt
id='index-_002d_002dexclude'><span><samp>--exclude=<var>glob</var></samp><a
href='#index-_002d_002dexclude' class='copiable-anchor'> ¶</a></span></dt>
+<dd><span id="index-exclude-files"></span>
+<span id="index-searching-directory-trees"></span>
<p>Skip any command-line file with a name suffix that matches the pattern
<var>glob</var>, using wildcard matching; a name suffix is either the whole
name, or a trailing part that starts with a non-slash character
@@ -175,44 +163,44 @@
and <code>\</code> to quote a wildcard or backslash character literally.
</p>
</dd>
-<dt><samp>--exclude-from=<var>file</var></samp></dt>
-<dd><a name="index-_002d_002dexclude_002dfrom"></a>
-<a name="index-exclude-files-1"></a>
-<a name="index-searching-directory-trees-1"></a>
+<dt
id='index-_002d_002dexclude_002dfrom'><span><samp>--exclude-from=<var>file</var></samp><a
href='#index-_002d_002dexclude_002dfrom' class='copiable-anchor'>
¶</a></span></dt>
+<dd><span id="index-exclude-files-1"></span>
+<span id="index-searching-directory-trees-1"></span>
<p>Skip files whose name matches any of the patterns
read from <var>file</var> (using wildcard matching as described
under <samp>--exclude</samp>).
</p>
</dd>
-<dt><samp>--exclude-dir=<var>glob</var></samp></dt>
-<dd><a name="index-_002d_002dexclude_002ddir"></a>
-<a name="index-exclude-directories"></a>
+<dt
id='index-_002d_002dexclude_002ddir'><span><samp>--exclude-dir=<var>glob</var></samp><a
href='#index-_002d_002dexclude_002ddir' class='copiable-anchor'>
¶</a></span></dt>
+<dd><span id="index-exclude-directories"></span>
<p>Skip any command-line directory with a name suffix that matches the
pattern <var>glob</var>. When searching recursively, skip any subdirectory
whose base name matches <var>glob</var>. Ignore any redundant trailing
slashes in <var>glob</var>.
</p>
</dd>
-<dt><samp>-I</samp></dt>
+<dt><span><samp>-I</samp></span></dt>
<dd><p>Process a binary file as if it did not contain matching data;
this is equivalent to the
‘<samp>--binary-files=without-match</samp>’ option.
</p>
</dd>
-<dt><samp>--include=<var>glob</var></samp></dt>
-<dd><a name="index-_002d_002dinclude"></a>
-<a name="index-include-files"></a>
-<a name="index-searching-directory-trees-2"></a>
+<dt
id='index-_002d_002dinclude'><span><samp>--include=<var>glob</var></samp><a
href='#index-_002d_002dinclude' class='copiable-anchor'> ¶</a></span></dt>
+<dd><span id="index-include-files"></span>
+<span id="index-searching-directory-trees-2"></span>
<p>Search only files whose name matches <var>glob</var>,
using wildcard matching as described under <samp>--exclude</samp>.
+If contradictory <samp>--include</samp> and <samp>--exclude</samp> options are
+given, the last matching one wins. If no <samp>--include</samp> or
+<samp>--exclude</samp> options match, a file is included unless the first
+such option is <samp>--include</samp>.
</p>
</dd>
-<dt><samp>-r</samp></dt>
-<dt><samp>--recursive</samp></dt>
-<dd><a name="index-_002dr"></a>
-<a name="index-_002d_002drecursive"></a>
-<a name="index-recursive-search"></a>
-<a name="index-searching-directory-trees-3"></a>
-<a name="index-symbolic-links-1"></a>
+<dt id='index-_002dr'><span><samp>-r</samp><a href='#index-_002dr'
class='copiable-anchor'> ¶</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span><samp>--recursive</samp></span></dt>
+<dd><span id="index-_002d_002drecursive"></span>
+<span id="index-recursive-search"></span>
+<span id="index-searching-directory-trees-3"></span>
+<span id="index-symbolic-links-1"></span>
<p>For each directory operand,
read and process all files in that directory, recursively.
Follow symbolic links on the command line, but skip symlinks
@@ -221,23 +209,23 @@
This is the same as the ‘<samp>--directories=recurse</samp>’
option.
</p>
</dd>
-<dt><samp>-R</samp></dt>
-<dt><samp>--dereference-recursive</samp></dt>
-<dd><a name="index-_002dR"></a>
-<a name="index-_002d_002ddereference_002drecursive"></a>
-<a name="index-recursive-search-1"></a>
-<a name="index-searching-directory-trees-4"></a>
-<a name="index-symbolic-links-2"></a>
+<dt id='index-_002dR'><span><samp>-R</samp><a href='#index-_002dR'
class='copiable-anchor'> ¶</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span><samp>--dereference-recursive</samp></span></dt>
+<dd><span id="index-_002d_002ddereference_002drecursive"></span>
+<span id="index-recursive-search-1"></span>
+<span id="index-searching-directory-trees-4"></span>
+<span id="index-symbolic-links-2"></span>
<p>For each directory operand, read and process all files in that
directory, recursively, following all symbolic links.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
+</div>
<hr>
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<p>
-Next: <a href="Other-Options.html#Other-Options" accesskey="n"
rel="next">Other Options</a>, Previous: <a
href="Context-Line-Control.html#Context-Line-Control" accesskey="p"
rel="prev">Context Line Control</a>, Up: <a
href="Command_002dline-Options.html#Command_002dline-Options" accesskey="u"
rel="up">Command-line Options</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents"
title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a
href="Index.html#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
+Next: <a href="Other-Options.html">Other Options</a>, Previous: <a
href="Context-Line-Control.html">Context Line Control</a>, Up: <a
href="Command_002dline-Options.html">Command-line Options</a> [<a
href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents"
rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Index.html" title="Index"
rel="index">Index</a>]</p>
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