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Re: [Grep-devel] fitting grep --version into 80
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: [Grep-devel] fitting grep --version into 80 |
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Thu, 20 Dec 2018 17:37:54 -0800 |
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On 12/20/18 4:58 PM, Jim Meyering wrote:
Why did the output of grep --version have to fit in 80 columns?
It doesn't *have* to, but 80 columns are still pretty standard on terminals.
I noticed this today after installing grep 3.2 on one of my students'
servers at UCLA's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. I logged
in to check the installation, and the last line of 'grep --version'
output looked bad (see attached), with the URL split jarringly across
line boundaries. The too-long line stuck out particularly here, since
everything else on the screen was nicely lined up (perhaps too nicely :-).
grep-3.2--version.png
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grep-3.2--version.png