Re: Grep -H option bug

[Tony Abou-Assaleh]

I confirm that -H produces file names regardless of the presence of -h
before or after, in the CVS version.

I'm not sure if this behaviour is by design or a bug.

TAA

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On Thu, 2 Feb 2006 address@hidden wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I believe I found a bug in grep. I have version 2.5.1. Here is the
> problem: normally, if you specify opposite options together (like -l and
> -L) or repeat options with arguments (like --label), the last one is the
> effective one. This is not the case with the -h and -H options for grep.
> If -H is given, the file name is displayed even if a -h is given after
> it. This is contrary to the generally expected behavior described above.
> Can you please confirm if this is a bug?
>
> Thanks,
> Jacob
>
>