Apparently, grep can be called with both -E and -F: $ printf "foo\nbar\n" | grep -EF '(foo|bar)' $ printf "foo\nbar\n" | grep -FE '(foo|bar)' foo bar
and the same happens with egrep and fgrep. Indeed,
case 'E':
Fflag = 0;
Eflag = 1;
break;
case 'F':
Eflag = 0;
Fflag = 1;
break;
Should grep (or egrep or fgrep) protest
if both -E and -F (or -F or -E, respectively)
are specified? (IMHO not, but anyway?)
Jan

