GNU bug report logs - #27783
display help instead of pattern search

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From: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
To: PAYET Matthieu -EXT <matthieu.payet-ext <at> transport.alstom.com>,
 27783-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27783: display help instead of pattern search
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2017 10:07:58 -0500

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tag 27783 notabug
thanks

On 07/21/2017 02:46 AM, PAYET Matthieu -EXT wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Grep v2.6.3
> 
>> grep -ri "--help" .
> 
> Displays the help message instead of searching for the requested pattern.

Because you didn't tell grep the options were over.  You want:

grep -ri -- --help

> Same behavior for the pattern "--version"

Ditto for any other pattern with a leading '-' - use -- to tell grep
that you are done with option parsing and to treat the next argument as
a pattern or filename.

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