On 10/08/2010 03:39 AM, Piotr Karkuciński wrote:
Hi,
I find bug in grep.
I create directory "--help"
Next I use command: grep -R "any string" *
and grep print help. Grep use directory name --help as parameter.
Thanks for the report. However, this is not a bug. See this related
FAQ on the coreutils project:
http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/#I-have-a-file-called-_003csamp_003e_003cspan-class_003d_0022option_0022_003e_002d_002dhelp_003c_002fspan_003e_003c_002fsamp_003e_002e-How-do-I-remove-it_003f
Use either one of these alternatives instead:
grep -R "any string" ./*
grep -R "any string" -- *
Or, for that matter, since * in a large directory may exceed command
line length limits on many OS, you may even want to consider using:
grep -R "any string" .
although that will also visit hidden dot-files in the current directory.
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