GNU bug report logs - #19998
GREP_OPTIONS alternative?

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Christian Kujau <lists <at> nerdbynature.de>

Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 07:09:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Christian Kujau <lists <at> nerdbynature.de>, 19998 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19998: GREP_OPTIONS alternative?
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2015 14:43:41 -0800

On 03/03/2015 09:55 PM, Christian Kujau wrote:
> what's the alternative to have
> some nice grep defaults and still be portable across platforms?

You can put a script like this in $HOME/bin:

#! /bin/sh
export PATH=/usr/bin
exec grep --color=auto --devices=skip "$@"

and then prepend $HOME/bin to your PATH.
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