Hello! just a minor annoyance is that there is no alternative option name for --regexp=…
Together with --fixed-strings this leads to ambiguous shell scripts. My suggestion / feature request is to add --pattern=… as alias for --regexp=… In addition I suggest the analog aliases: --word-pattern for --word-regexp --line-pattern for --line-regexp In anticipation of the reply „Why not to use simply the short options?“ the reply: Long options providing a readable API, and this „bug report“ is intended to improve the readability of shell scripts. Best Regards, H.-Dirk Schmitt
