GNU bug report logs - #37604
man page description of -i confused someone

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Tom Limoncelli <tal <at> whatexit.org>

Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2019 14:36:01 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: Tom Limoncelli <tal <at> whatexit.org>
To: Stephane Chazelas <stephane.chazelas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 37604 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#37604: man page description of -i confused someone
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2019 09:33:48 -0400

On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 5:31 AM Stephane Chazelas
<stephane.chazelas <at> gmail.com> wrote:
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> I would have just written:
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>     Ignore case distinctions in the PATTERN and the input

I like that phrasing the best!

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