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charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, When searching for a pattern that includes "-/", the pattern is interpreted= as option: [dsg@db01]# grep "-" example.txt --/-- [dsg@db01]# grep "/" example.txt --/-- [dsg@db01]# grep "-/" example.txt grep: invalid option -- '/' Usage: grep [OPTION]... PATTERN [FILE]... Try 'grep --help' for more information. [dsg@db01]# grep --version grep (GNU grep) 2.20 Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later . This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by Mike Haertel and others, see . Kind regards Daniel abraxas Softwareentwicklungsgesellschaft mbH Postfach 110101 D-66070 Saarbr=FCcken Altenkesselerstr. 17, Geb.C1 66115 Saarbr=FCcken Tel +49(0)681 976185-59 Daniel.Schaettgen@abraxas.de HRB: 9540, Saarbr=FCcken GF: Daniel Schaum & Andreas Heid https://www.abraxas.de __________________________ Profidata Group Investment Management Solutions --_000_DB7PR05MB5659C7EF5D96CB65E06057A29AE39DB7PR05MB5659eurp_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hello,

 

When searching for a pattern th= at includes “-/”, the pattern is interpreted as option:

 

[dsg@db01]# grep "-"= example.txt
= ----
= [dsg@db01]# grep "/" example.txt
----
[dsg@db01]# grep "-/" example.txt
grep: invalid option -- '/'
Usage: grep [OPTION]... PATTERN [FILE]...
Try 'grep --help' for more information.
[dsg@db01]# grep --version
grep (GNU grep) 2.20
Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.= html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by Mike Haertel and others, see <http://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/grep= .git/tree/AUTHORS>.

 

Kind regards<= /p>

Daniel

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--_000_DB7PR05MB5659C7EF5D96CB65E06057A29AE39DB7PR05MB5659eurp_-- From unknown Fri Jun 20 20:11:22 2025 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.505 (Entity 5.505) X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org From: help-debbugs@gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System) To: Daniel =?UTF-8?Q?Sch=C3=A4ttgen?= Subject: bug#60038: closed (Re: bug#60038: grep 2.20 - invalid option with search pattern "-/") Message-ID: References: X-Gnu-PR-Message: they-closed 60038 X-Gnu-PR-Package: grep Reply-To: 60038@debbugs.gnu.org Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 05:46:02 +0000 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----------=_1670996762-8919-1" This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1670996762-8919-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Your bug report #60038: grep 2.20 - invalid option with search pattern "-/" which was filed against the grep package, has been closed. 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If you require more details, please reply to 60038@debbugs.gnu.org. --=20 60038: https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D60038 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems ------------=_1670996762-8919-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at 60038-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Dec 2022 05:45:43 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36888 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1p5KaM-0002JY-EN for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 14 Dec 2022 00:45:42 -0500 Received: from mail-lf1-f52.google.com ([209.85.167.52]:46007) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1p5KaK-0002JQ-GG for 60038-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 14 Dec 2022 00:45:41 -0500 Received: by mail-lf1-f52.google.com with SMTP id p36so8708549lfa.12 for <60038-done@debbugs.gnu.org>; Tue, 13 Dec 2022 21:45:40 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=content-transfer-encoding:cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=va6jPFQIlKvnXaNLRXBvPLPzGTYvJgvwpfslEzwVL6w=; b=eKdYTTYmA/57y1mk6ndaYkxKW/Vd63d5Lm+2yIfY35e7JmEgw6hv85SMHjqzze1ZXO AOofUKtXik+x/q0DuItGMkSOXVdYZA7/Bq6+6uWiujZmqTe7wCIkaIGQ+bx7PG/+nONo 46w8lRjM/f4rz6S23CGSUMCLnyrbOy4U5Taj9E9SnjlA0nQi7ZGFY6SzPwNeSN9VgbcO isOZV63xk/MAwt0O3AA6FNn84RB5dyb0ygX8iWhCca5ydWu3IgEI+teoFxOi8DYe2Oio UVX7DnJ7yHqQcHiBDJ0Y9QOBmIi+7YVRqJC0r34iGINmpUa5hrspngddJqBi5w3VWcPF BxtA== X-Gm-Message-State: ANoB5pnsf8t6QyyC0+07zPNRkUrJecMUryoSsbs4NhMAm4g6LxnqxEQC Qe2EzwFpOr+QbCL+fMHWsjmLZqOX6kOWK8pC6Xs= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AA0mqf5Pf1gxLhblj3JAf6NqSBctjNLVJTyxfkXch5/4KfFrR5Gc9t1BETp1z9JrHgP4oLWtixScuifCsHHLoOVW8hM= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6512:10d3:b0:4b5:830d:12bc with SMTP id k19-20020a05651210d300b004b5830d12bcmr4873653lfg.47.1670996734360; Tue, 13 Dec 2022 21:45:34 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Jim Meyering Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 21:45:21 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: bug#60038: grep 2.20 - invalid option with search pattern "-/" To: =?UTF-8?Q?Daniel_Sch=C3=A4ttgen?= Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: 0.3 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 60038-done Cc: 60038-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) tags 60038 notabug thanks On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 10:04 AM Daniel Sch=C3=A4ttgen wrote: > When searching for a pattern that includes "-/", the pattern is interpret= ed as option: > > [dsg@db01]# grep "-" example.txt > --/-- > [dsg@db01]# grep "/" example.txt > --/-- > [dsg@db01]# grep "-/" example.txt > grep: invalid option -- '/' > Usage: grep [OPTION]... PATTERN [FILE]... > Try 'grep --help' for more information. > [dsg@db01]# grep --version > grep (GNU grep) 2.20 Thanks, but this is not a bug. To search for a pattern that starts with "-", use grep's -e option, e.g., grep -e -/ example.txt Also, you're using grep-2.20, which is more than 8 years old. 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charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, When searching for a pattern that includes "-/", the pattern is interpreted= as option: [dsg@db01]# grep "-" example.txt --/-- [dsg@db01]# grep "/" example.txt --/-- [dsg@db01]# grep "-/" example.txt grep: invalid option -- '/' Usage: grep [OPTION]... PATTERN [FILE]... Try 'grep --help' for more information. [dsg@db01]# grep --version grep (GNU grep) 2.20 Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later . This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by Mike Haertel and others, see . Kind regards Daniel abraxas Softwareentwicklungsgesellschaft mbH Postfach 110101 D-66070 Saarbr=FCcken Altenkesselerstr. 17, Geb.C1 66115 Saarbr=FCcken Tel +49(0)681 976185-59 Daniel.Schaettgen@abraxas.de HRB: 9540, Saarbr=FCcken GF: Daniel Schaum & Andreas Heid https://www.abraxas.de __________________________ Profidata Group Investment Management Solutions --_000_DB7PR05MB5659C7EF5D96CB65E06057A29AE39DB7PR05MB5659eurp_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hello,

 

When searching for a pattern th= at includes “-/”, the pattern is interpreted as option:

 

[dsg@db01]# grep "-"= example.txt
= ----
= [dsg@db01]# grep "/" example.txt
----
[dsg@db01]# grep "-/" example.txt
grep: invalid option -- '/'
Usage: grep [OPTION]... PATTERN [FILE]...
Try 'grep --help' for more information.
[dsg@db01]# grep --version
grep (GNU grep) 2.20
Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.= html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by Mike Haertel and others, see <http://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/grep= .git/tree/AUTHORS>.

 

Kind regards<= /p>

Daniel

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