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What's wrong w/this grep?

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: "L. A. Walsh" <gnu <at> tlinx.org>
Subject: bug#26648: closed (Re: bug#26648: What's wrong w/this grep?)
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 07:56:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#26648: What's wrong w/this grep?

which was filed against the grep package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 26648 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: "L. A. Walsh" <gnu <at> tlinx.org>, 26648-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#26648: What's wrong w/this grep?
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 00:55:24 -0700

L. A. Walsh wrote:
>>  /usr/bin/grep --color=auto -I -D skip -d skip -exclude-from=EX -P -r xrm
> /usr/bin/grep: xrm: No such file or directory
>>  /usr/bin/grep --version
> /usr/bin/grep (GNU grep) 2.21.31-adf9
>
> How did 'xrm' become a file name?

Because you omitted a "-" before "-exclude", and that caused your pattern to be 
'xclude-from=EX'.

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From: "L. A. Walsh" <gnu <at> tlinx.org>
To: bug-grep <at> gnu.org
Subject: What's wrong w/this grep?
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 00:45:14 -0700

>  /usr/bin/grep --color=auto -I -D skip -d skip -exclude-from=EX -P -r xrm
/usr/bin/grep: xrm: No such file or directory
>  /usr/bin/grep --version
/usr/bin/grep (GNU grep) 2.21.31-adf9

How did 'xrm' become a file name? 

It happened after I added the "-exclude-from=EX -P -r"
to an alias... but it happens when I use
the binary directly (i.e. no alias).

I was expecting 'xrm' to be a pattern that was searched
for in the files starting at the current directory.

"New" to me -- use of the -exclude-from option.
Of note: EX contains:
*.orig
*.1
*.1.in


Ideas?  Doesn't seem like correct action...

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