[back from shoveling out 2 driveways, a sidewalk, and a stuck car :-> ]
On Fri 12/1/06 12:53 PST cygwin@cygwin.com wrote: > Tom Rodman wrote: > > > ~ $ echo hi|egrep -v ho > > WJFFM. > > Note that egrep is a /bin/sh script that just calls grep -E. So if your > sh.exe was in use or something went wrong in the bash postinstall you > may not have a functioning sh.exe. Try "grep -E" and if this works but > egrep does not then check your sh.exe, it should be an identical copy of > bash.exe. Worst cast, just "cp -p /bin/{bash,sh}.exe". Thanks.. looks like I still had an old /bin/sh: ~ $ ls -l /bin/{bash,sh}.exe -r-xr-xr-x+ 1 ???????? Users 484352 Nov 29 21:38 /bin/bash.exe* -r-xr-xr-x+ 1 staffuser1 XYZ_ES_STAFF 451072 Aug 1 2005 /bin/sh.exe* ~ $ cp -p /bin/{bash,sh}.exe cp: overwrite `/bin/sh.exe'? y ~ $ echo hi|egrep -v ho hi ~ $ setup.exe did not complain though. I know I have to update my /etc/{passwd,group} files also.. -- thanks again.. I will update my notes, Tom -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/