GNU bug report logs - #49996
egrep and fgrep?

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Simon Josefsson <simon <at> josefsson.org>

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2021 07:23:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 49996 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: arnold <at> skeeve.com, jim <at> meyering.net
Cc: 49996 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, simon <at> josefsson.org
Subject: Re: bug#49996: egrep and fgrep?
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2021 11:10:59 -0700

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On 8/15/21 7:25 AM, arnold <at> skeeve.com wrote:
> I'm willing to bet that the majority of grep/egrep/fgrep invocations
> come from the command line rather than from scripts.

That's not true for me, as I almost always invoke 'grep' via a script or 
shell function or Emacs. And I'm skeptical that it's true worldwide.

I doubt whether we should remove egrep and fgrep immediately, as that'd 
be a bit sudden. But it's a good time to take the next step. Proposed 
patch attached.

[0001-egrep-fgrep-now-obsolete.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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