From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Jacobson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: M-x grep: /dev/null appending workaround Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 02:11:35 +0800 Message-ID: <878y8zyqlk.fsf@jidanni.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1100817896 1720 80.91.229.6 (18 Nov 2004 22:44:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 22:44:56 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 18 23:44:48 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CUv1E-0006LM-00 for ; Thu, 18 Nov 2004 23:44:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CUvA5-0003bi-DA for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Nov 2004 17:53:57 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CUvA2-0003bd-PJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Nov 2004 17:53:54 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CUvA2-0003bR-BA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Nov 2004 17:53:54 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CUvA2-0003bO-8U for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Nov 2004 17:53:54 -0500 Original-Received: from [204.74.68.40] (helo=frodo.hserus.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1CUv0q-0008MN-UY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Nov 2004 17:44:25 -0500 Original-Received: from tc218-187-81-248.2-7.dynamic.apol.com.tw ([218.187.81.248]:33348 helo=jidanni1) by frodo.hserus.net with esmtpsa (Cipher TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.43 #0) id 1CUv0o-000C5E-En by authid with plain for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2004 04:14:23 +0530 Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:9738 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:9738 >>>>> "J" == Jari Aalto writes: | I have outsmarted M-x grep's /dev/null appending: | (grep "zgrep -n -e TLS main*|colrm 77 #") for example. J> I would use quotes around expression: J> ... -e 'TLS main*|colrm 77 #' (I was only looking for "TLS", and my # was purposely naked to wipe out all following junk, i.e., /dev/null.)