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Re: Grep --directories option
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Marcus Brinkmann |
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Re: Grep --directories option |
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Sat, 31 May 2003 21:00:09 +0200 |
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On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 05:32:06PM -0700, Paul Eggert wrote:
> > From: prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc)
> > Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 17:39:14 -0400
>
> > I suggest making the default "skip with a warning":
> > $ mkdir foo
> > $ grep pattern foo; echo $?
> > grep: foo: skipping directory
>
> OK, how about this solution instead?
>
> * Have --directory='read' be the default, but if grep determines that a
> read fails because it is reading a directory, it outputs a diagnostic
> like this:
>
> grep: foo: skipping unreadable directory
>
> grep can then go on to the next file, but it must exit with status 2 if
> this diagnostic is generated.
That would be good, I think.
Thanks,
Marcus
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- Re: Grep --directories option, (continued)
- Re: Grep --directories option, Paul Eggert, 2003/05/30
- Re: Grep --directories option, Jeff Bailey, 2003/05/30
- Re: Grep --directories option, Patrick Strasser, 2003/05/30
- Re: Grep --directories option, Marcus Brinkmann, 2003/05/31
- Re: Grep --directories option, Paul Eggert, 2003/05/30
- Re: Grep --directories option, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2003/05/31
- Re: Grep --directories option,
Marcus Brinkmann <=
- Re: Grep --directories option, James Morrison, 2003/05/30
- Re: Grep --directories option, Paul Jarc, 2003/05/30
Re: Grep --directories option, Stepan Kasal, 2003/05/30