URL:
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Summary: grep chokes on filenames starting "--"
(minus-minus)
Project: grep
Submitted by: None
Submitted on: Mon 22 Nov 2010 11:22:41 PM UTC
Category: None
Severity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: None
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Any
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Details:
When grep strikes a filename starting "--" (minus-minus), it tries to
interpret it as a META OPTION and fails-exits for "unknown option". Since such
filenames are perfectly legal grep should instead skip and continue (at least.
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