On Wed, 16 Sept 2026 at 07:39, Pádraig Brady <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 15/09/2026 19:14, Wiley Young wrote: > > ```bash > > bash-5.3.9 liveuser ~ $ realpath --help | grep -Fe '-e' | sed -n l > > \033]8;; > https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#realpath-e\033\\\033[1m-e, > --canonicalize-existing\033[0m\033]8;;\\033\\ all components of the path > must exist$ > > ``` > > Your grep coloring is conflicting with the URLs used in --help output. If that was the case, the output would look more like: \033]8;;https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreut > ils.html#realpath*\\033[1m-e\\033[m*\033\\\033[1m*\\033[1m-e\\033[m*, > --canonicalize-existing\033[0m\033]8;;\\033\\ all components of the path > must exist$ > > _____________________________________________________________________________ > *^^^^^^^^__**^^^^^^^*_____________*^^^^^^^^__^^^^^^^* However, `*grep --color=auto*` only colorizes the output it's to a terminal (and not, say a pipe to sed). -Martin
