From: Emilio Lopes <eclig@gmx.net>
Subject: grep-use-null-device
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 17:41:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <eg7jenp5qk.fsf@tiscali.de> (raw)
The documentation of this variable says:
grep-use-null-device's value is nil
If t, append the value of `null-device' to `grep' commands.
This is done to ensure that the output of grep includes the filename of
any match in the case where only a single file is searched, and is not
necessary if the grep program used supports the `-H' option.
The default value of this variable is set up by `grep-compute-defaults';
call that function before using this variable in your program.
You can customize this variable.
Defined in `grep'.
If I understood it right, it says that I don't need a "/dev/null"
appended to my grep commands if my grep program supports the
option "-H".
Let's see:
~% grep --version
grep (GNU grep) 2.5.1
Copyright 1988, 1992-1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
~% grep --help | grep -- -H
-H, --with-filename print the filename for each match
So, my grep program supports "-H" but it apparently has not the
expected semantics.
As a result, if I forget to provide a filename to "M-x grep" it will run
forever, waiting for me to kill it.
Do I have the "wrong" grep?
Is there a case where having a `null-device' too much will hurt?
next reply other threads:[~2005-08-15 15:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-08-15 15:41 Emilio Lopes [this message]
2005-08-16 2:25 ` grep-use-null-device Richard M. Stallman
2005-08-16 11:46 ` grep-use-null-device Karl Chen
2005-08-16 16:20 ` grep-use-null-device Emilio Lopes
2005-08-17 6:25 ` grep-use-null-device Richard M. Stallman
2005-08-20 12:22 ` grep-use-null-device Eli Zaretskii
2005-08-27 1:30 ` "^D^H^H" in process output on Darwin (Was Re: grep-use-null-device) YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2005-08-29 13:56 ` "^D^H^H" in process output on Darwin Stefan Monnier
2005-09-13 8:21 ` Nozomu Ando
2005-09-17 1:33 ` YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2005-08-29 22:43 ` grep-use-null-device Juri Linkov
2005-08-30 10:30 ` grep-use-null-device Richard M. Stallman
2005-08-31 2:31 ` grep-use-null-device Stefan Monnier
2005-08-31 6:02 ` grep-use-null-device Juri Linkov
2005-09-01 14:59 ` grep-use-null-device Stefan Monnier
2005-09-01 16:16 ` grep-use-null-device David Kastrup
2005-09-01 18:18 ` grep-use-null-device Stefan Monnier
2005-09-03 1:43 ` grep-use-null-device Richard M. Stallman
2005-08-16 7:15 ` grep-use-null-device Emilio Lopes
2005-08-16 9:26 ` grep-use-null-device David Kastrup
2005-08-16 16:29 ` grep-use-null-device Emilio Lopes
2005-08-16 9:45 ` grep-use-null-device Juri Linkov
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