From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#699: grep in eshell incorrect Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:54:29 +0300 Message-ID: References: <747E865A-7D6B-4601-98D2-285CD5874D2B@xahlee.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii , 699@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1218568149 14845 80.91.229.12 (12 Aug 2008 19:09:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:09:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, 699@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: xah lee Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 12 21:10:00 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KSzFb-0000mf-Rp for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:09:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44476 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KSzEf-0001Qs-Md for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:08:49 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KSzDX-00012X-UI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:07:40 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KSzDT-000105-NZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:07:37 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48314 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KSzDT-0000zr-Fh for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:07:35 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:46243) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KSzDS-0000c9-Ct for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:07:34 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m7CJ7Orx025944; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:07:28 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id m7CJ04Z9022495; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:00:04 -0700 X-Loop: don@donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:00:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: don@donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 699 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: unreproducible moreinfo Original-Received: via spool by submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B.121856727720797 (code B ref -1); Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:00:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 12 Aug 2008 18:54:37 +0000 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [199.232.76.165]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m7CIsXpq020790 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:54:34 -0700 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KSz0q-0006to-SY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:54:32 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KSz0q-0006sc-58 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:54:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55555 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KSz0p-0006sL-W2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:54:32 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout7.012.net.il ([84.95.2.19]:39249) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KSz0p-0004kz-Hj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:54:31 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([84.229.211.50]) by i-mtaout7.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0K5I00C174JE8C40@i-mtaout7.012.net.il> for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:54:51 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <747E865A-7D6B-4601-98D2-285CD5874D2B@xahlee.org> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (1203?) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:07:37 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:19333 Archived-At: > Cc: 699@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, > bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > From: xah lee > Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:40:25 -0700 > > So, possibly the eshell's "ls" command forming multiple columns is a > bad design. Because after all it is supposed to emulate the unix > shell behavior and "ls | grep xyz" is common idiom. Yes, it _is_ supposed to emulate a Unix shell. But I just tried that same pipe both on GNU/Linux and on MS-Windows, and in both cases "ls" still forms multiple columns even in a pipe. So I don't see anything wrong with how Eshell's "ls" works.