From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Tomas Nordin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: problem with grep Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 19:51:14 +0200 Message-ID: <87bmed7oml.fsf@fliptop.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1524246607 6407 195.159.176.226 (20 Apr 2018 17:50:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 17:50:07 +0000 (UTC) To: Dan Espen , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 20 19:50:03 2018 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 1f9aAa-0001T9-1y for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Apr 2018 19:50:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47819 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f9aCg-0006uN-NH for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Apr 2018 13:52:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46270) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f9aBu-0006sW-IS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Apr 2018 13:51:25 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f9aBq-0003t4-IT for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Apr 2018 13:51:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mout01.posteo.de ([185.67.36.65]:55502) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f9aBq-0003s4-90 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Apr 2018 13:51:18 -0400 Original-Received: from submission (posteo.de [89.146.220.130]) by mout01.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8735D21633 for ; Fri, 20 Apr 2018 19:51:16 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.net; s=2017; t=1524246676; bh=W1OKT7ciYTRla6ukS4o02oF28JaXt/kwexttoQrV29I=; h=From:To:Subject:Date:From; b=eGEmN6Jm8JYFekPtvg0WhewJWoo6HjM9T2Hg8F4Dq+Eor5iW+JbQEf6L1jqRRcveh 3rfJCmQjSTx2ZvLRsd4VRUWdMQ2cPOrHroSxAFufmBgxoE+1Kxd06AI8fyhubBIFQH NEWDRz19Pp3NLvEbfx81Zm3VtuR+ByB2+ombFMXqC7u3/9yEcskXTH1BZ5f/FW68U2 +N0TfKK17uO2FPmCuJ/VNgkOMvUceuKno+aXRIAFjdCZUMJifIv5SYjOJAKc2ByQNO dwTBu75FyJ7HAIC4PzNJDYgK0Ur7GXx3LM4ISZ8+VcoDkMhkV200Z3uHiak1L++HYK JM45kZd4FLs5A== Original-Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 40SNh25F10z9rxM; Fri, 20 Apr 2018 19:51:14 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 185.67.36.65 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:116571 Archived-At: Dan Espen writes: > "Stanke, Fred" writes: > >> I am not a unix guy, but I've come to depend on emacs after using it for decades. >> >> I have a problem, grep does not work. How do I fix it? > ... >> 'grep' is not recognized as an internal or external command, >> operable program or batch file. > > When I had to use Windows, I found the path of least resistance was to A lot of people use Git, also on Windows, typically the Git for Windows installation. On Windows I have found the path of least resistance to be to use the Gnu tools provided with the Git installation. There is some talk about the file structure here: https://superuser.com/questions/1053633/what-is-git-bash-for-windows-anyway#1053657