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Package: grep
Version: 2.5.1.ds2-6
Severity: normal
Consider this:
$ gzip -dc edb_1.21-13.diff.gz | grep -eF '--- '
grep: unrecognized option `--- '
Usage: grep [OPTION]... PATTERN [FILE]...
Try `grep --help' for more information.
$ gzip -dc edb_1.21-13.diff.gz | grep -F -e '--- '
--- edb-1.21.orig/debian/dirs
--- edb-1.21.orig/debian/docs
...
PROBLEM
It should be possible to combine short options together, including -e.
The effect of "e" could be postponed until the current option "goup".
An example:
-eF
That should be equal to
-Fe
Likewise with any number of other options "grouped", like:
-iFe
-eFi
...
I understand that the -e is a modifier, like -F is a modifier for the
next argument that follows.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.21-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ISO-8859-1) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages grep depends on:
ii libc6 2.6-2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
grep recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
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Version: 2.5.1.ds2-6
On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 12:39:07AM +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote:
>Jari Aalto <[email protected]> writes:
>
>>Consider this:
>>
>> $ gzip -dc edb_1.21-13.diff.gz | grep -eF '--- '
>
>This is the same as "... | grep -e F '--- '
>
>>It should be possible to combine short options together, including
>>-e.
>
>"-e" takes an argument, that must follow immediately (either directly
>or
>as the next argument). That's how getopt works for every other
>utility,
>and how POSIX requires that option arguments are handled (see
><http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/xbd_chap12.html>).
>
>>I understand that the -e is a modifier, like -F is a modifier for
>>the
>>next argument that follows.
>
>"-F" does take an argument. It is an option on its own, modifying the
>operation of the utility.
On Sat, Aug 04, 2007 at 01:45:42PM -0300, Tony Abou-Assaleh wrote:
>According the man page, -e expects a pattern following it as an
>argument to the option. Therefore, -eF is incorrect as it doesn't
>follow the syntax specification. And there is no easy way to make sense
>out of a syntax that would allow -eF, since multiple -e options are
>allowed.
Closing this bug report accordingly.
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