[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
bug#49996: egrep and fgrep?
From: |
arnold |
Subject: |
bug#49996: egrep and fgrep? |
Date: |
Sun, 15 Aug 2021 08:25:51 -0600 |
User-agent: |
Heirloom mailx 12.5 7/5/10 |
Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> wrote:
> IMHO, they must be removed.
> Anyone who requires to be able to use "egrep" or "fgrep" from the
> command line can use a function or alias. Given their lack of
> standardization, those should not be used in scripts.
I beg to differ. Scripts is one thing. But breaking 40+ years
of interactive usage merely because POSIX doesn't standardize fgrep
and egrep (anymore!) is doing thousands of users a disservice.
As software suppliers, we need to take into account the bigger picture
of day-to-day usage, and not only what POSIX standardizes and doesn't
standardize.
And I'm willing to bet that the majority of grep/egrep/fgrep invocations
come from the command line rather than from scripts.
Arnold