GNU bug report logs - #70507
30.0.50; eshell: grep -H and -n flags are hardcoded and the latter cannot be overwritten

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Jose A Ortega Ruiz <jao <at> gnu.org>, 70507 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#70507: 30.0.50; eshell: grep -H and -n flags are hardcoded and the latter cannot be overwritten
Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 20:18:37 +0000

Jose A Ortega Ruiz <jao <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I've noticed that -Hn flags are hardcoded when calling eshell's grep
> command. Specially in pipes, where -H prints a noisy (standard input)
> prefix for every line, those flags are rarely what I personally want,
> and I'd like to have the option to disable them. For -H i can add -h to
> the call, or even redefine eshell/grep to not use -H, but there's no
> flag to disable -n.
>
> Thanks!

Jim, any comments on the above bug report?

Thanks.

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