GNU bug report logs - #22551
24.5; M-x grep: can't add option after default option list

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Benoit Coste <ben.coste <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 16:22:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug

Found in version 24.5

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #16 received at 22551 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Benoît Coste <ben.coste <at> gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 22551 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22551: 24.5;
 M-x grep: can't add option after default option list
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2016 21:46:02 +0000

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Oh, my bad. I though -e was an option not taking arguments.

Sorry for the noise.

On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 6:35 PM Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> wrote:

> > We assume familiarity with grep options. The -e option of grep takes an
> > argument, namely the pattern to search for. You can either add your
> > option before the -e, or maybe you are interested in M-x rgrep.
> > I don't see this as an Emacs bug.
>
> aka `M-x man RET grep RET'
>
> That shows:
>
> grep  [OPTIONS]  [-e  PATTERN   |   -f   FILE]  [FILE...]
>

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