[bug-grep] Re: grep feature request: show column numbers

[Stepan Kasal]

Hi,

On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 11:37:44PM +1100, Martin Pool wrote:
> >(that question may be a variation on "tell us what you need, and
> >we'll tell you how to do without it"...).
> 
> Yes, I realize I can write my own grep.

;-)

Sorry that I state the obvious: you can take the patch written by
Claudio and use it.  The drawback is that you have to maintain it
and update it each time something near changes in GNU grep.

Yours,
        Stepan