Re: `M-x grep' is dumb

[Romain Francoise]

Paul Pogonyshev <address@hidden> writes:

> When I type `M-x grep', it shows me ``Run grep (like this): grep -nH
> -e'', so I kinda expect it parses command line just fine.  However, if
> I modify this to say ``grep -nH -e -i something *'', it tries to find
> `-i' in file `something'...

Read the documentation for grep, -e must be followed by the pattern.

Either use `grep -nH -i -e something *', or `grep -nH -e something -i *'.

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