Re: grep . /; echo $?

[Benno Schulenberg]

Charles Levert wrote:
> [...]
> src/grep: src: Is a directory
> src/grep: tests: Is a directory
> src/grep: vms: Is a directory
> 2
> ========================================
>
> Maybe some find the messages annoying?

Yes, that's why I've always used '-s' and hadn't even noticed that 
these messages were gone.

> Maybe some object to the exit code?

They shouldn't if they don't object to the messages.

(The message itself is a bit strange though: it doesn't sound like 
an error.  "Cannot read a directory" would be better.)

Benno