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"Stanke, Fred" <fstanke@nanometrics.com> 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
install the Cygwin package.  That includes grep and lots of other
very useful Unix-y stuff, including diff which also works well with Emacs.

-- 
Dan Espen