From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: grep Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2017 17:39:01 +0200 Message-ID: <83y3wefoiy.fsf@gnu.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1489074021 10346 195.159.176.226 (9 Mar 2017 15:40:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2017 15:40:21 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 09 16:40:15 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cm0Aj-0001Xx-6V for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Mar 2017 16:40:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34781 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cm0Ap-0003ZC-4L for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Mar 2017 10:40:15 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43058) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cm0A4-0003Yu-HA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Mar 2017 10:39:29 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cm09z-00064I-IB for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Mar 2017 10:39:28 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:49086) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cm09z-00064E-Ew for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Mar 2017 10:39:23 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:2205 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1cm09y-00008Y-Mj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Mar 2017 10:39:23 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Fred Stanke on Thu, 9 Mar 2017 03:49:12 +0000) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:112488 Archived-At: > From: Fred Stanke > Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2017 03:49:12 +0000 > when I try to do a grep, I get this error: > > -*- mode: grep; default-directory: "c:/Users/Fred/" -*- > Grep started at Wed Mar 8 19:46:54 > > grep -n the *.txt NUL > 'grep' is not recognized as an internal or external command, > operable program or batch file. > > Grep exited abnormally with code 1 at Wed Mar 8 19:46:54 > > What do I need to do to get grep to work. You need to install grep.exe from one of the places it's available on the net. Put it in the same directory where you keep emacs.exe, or some other directory on your PATH.