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24.5; M-x grep: can't add option after default option list

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Message #8 received at 22551 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Benoit Coste <ben.coste <at> gmail.com>
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 12:32:31 -0500

Benoit Coste wrote:

> When I type M-x grep, this is what I get.
>
> Run grep (like this): grep --color -nH -e
>
> If if try to add an option after the '-e', let's say '-R', Emacs thinks
> the option is the pattern I am looking for instead of considering it as
> an option.

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.

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