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From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: Benoit Coste <ben.coste@gmail.com>
Cc: 22551@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22551: 24.5; M-x grep: can't add option after default option list
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2016 12:32:31 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <bph9hoxtxs.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87y4b0tpjd.fsf@bcoste-MS-7752.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> (Benoit Coste's message of "Thu, 04 Feb 2016 17:21:10 +0100")

Benoit Coste wrote:

> When I type M-x grep, this is what I get.
>
> Run grep (like this): grep --color -nH -e
>
> If if try to add an option after the '-e', let's say '-R', Emacs thinks
> the option is the pattern I am looking for instead of considering it as
> an option.

We assume familiarity with grep options. The -e option of grep takes an
argument, namely the pattern to search for. You can either add your
option before the -e, or maybe you are interested in M-x rgrep.
I don't see this as an Emacs bug.





  reply	other threads:[~2016-02-04 17:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-02-04 16:21 bug#22551: 24.5; M-x grep: can't add option after default option list Benoit Coste
2016-02-04 17:32 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2016-02-04 17:35   ` Drew Adams
2016-02-04 21:46     ` Benoît Coste

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