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[PATCH] doc: document the option delimiter '--' |
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Fri, 17 Mar 2017 11:42:10 +0100 |
* doc/grep.texi (Other options): Do the above.
Reported in
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2017-03/msg00411.html
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doc/grep.texi | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/grep.texi b/doc/grep.texi
index 077c05f..2bc3435 100644
--- a/doc/grep.texi
+++ b/doc/grep.texi
@@ -730,6 +730,14 @@ directory, recursively, following all symbolic links.
@table @option
address@hidden --
address@hidden --
address@hidden option delimiter
+Delimit the option list. Later arguments, if any, are treated as
+operands even if they begin with @samp{-}. For example, @samp{grep PAT --
+-file1 file2} searches for the pattern PAT in the files named @file{-file1}
+and @file{file2}.
+
@item --line-buffered
@opindex --line-buffered
@cindex line buffering
--
2.12.0
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Re: bug#26139: [PATCH] doc: document the option delimiter '--' |
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Fri, 13 Oct 2017 08:47:40 -0700 |
On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 11:34 PM, Bernhard Voelker
<address@hidden> wrote:
> On 03/17/2017 11:42 AM, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
>> [...]
>
> ping? I don't have permissions to push at 'grep.git', so someone
> else needs to do this, thanks.
Thanks, Bernie.
I've pushed that, after adjusting the commit log to mention the bug
URL, http://bugs.gnu.org/26139
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