GNU bug report logs - #63146
Document that -f takes "-" on Info and man page?

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Sebastian Carlos <sebaaa1754 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2023 13:26:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Sebastian Carlos <sebaaa1754 <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#63146: closed (Re: bug#63146: Document that -f takes "-" on
 Info and man page?)
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2023 08:42:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#63146: Document that -f takes "-" on Info and man page?

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 63146 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Sebastian Carlos <sebaaa1754 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 63146-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#63146: Document that -f takes "-" on Info and man page?
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2023 10:40:56 +0200

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On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 3:26 PM Sebastian Carlos <sebaaa1754 <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> Currently the documentation for the -f flag in both man page and info
> are not very clear about the possibility of passing "-" to read from stdin.

Thanks for pointing that out.
I've addressed that with this just-pushed commit:

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From: Sebastian Carlos <sebaaa1754 <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-grep <at> gnu.org
Subject: Document that -f takes "-" on Info and man page?
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2023 15:25:08 +0200

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Currently the documentation for the -f flag in both man page and info
are not very clear about the possibility of passing "-" to read from stdin.

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