LeonM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> For example if I have directories in Windows with binary and text file
> and if I do this:
>  grep -R --include=*.txt "include" *
>
> it will grep even the binary files as well. Clearly this is wrong.

This is not a bug.  The files mentioned on the command line will always
be considered, independent of --include.  The latter is only consulted
for files encountered during the recursive walk.

Andreas.

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