Fossil SCM
Removed obsolete reference to the historical limitation of the grep command accepting only a single filename.
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| @@ -39,16 +39,15 @@ | ||
| 39 | 39 | * There is no way to suppress all output, returning only a status code |
| 40 | 40 | to indicate whether the pattern matched, as with `grep -q`. |
| 41 | 41 | |
| 42 | 42 | * There is no way to suppress error output, as with `grep -s`. |
| 43 | 43 | |
| 44 | -* Fossil `grep` accepts only a single input file name. You cannot give | |
| 45 | - it a list of file names, and you cannot give it a directory name for | |
| 46 | - Fossil to expand to the set of all files under that directory. This | |
| 47 | - means Fossil `grep` has no equivalent of the common POSIX `grep -R` | |
| 48 | - extension. (And if it did, it would probably have a different option | |
| 49 | - letter, since `-R` in Fossil has a different meaning, by | |
| 44 | +* Fossil `grep` does not accept a directory name for Fossil to | |
| 45 | + expand to the set of all files under that directory. This means | |
| 46 | + Fossil `grep` has no equivalent of the common POSIX `grep -R` | |
| 47 | + extension. (And if it did, it would probably have a different | |
| 48 | + option letter, since `-R` in Fossil has a different meaning, by | |
| 50 | 49 | convention.) |
| 51 | 50 | |
| 52 | 51 | * You cannot invert the match, as with `grep -v`. |
| 53 | 52 | |
| 54 | 53 | Patches to remove those limitations will be thoughtfully considered. |
| 55 | 54 |
| --- www/grep.md | |
| +++ www/grep.md | |
| @@ -39,16 +39,15 @@ | |
| 39 | * There is no way to suppress all output, returning only a status code |
| 40 | to indicate whether the pattern matched, as with `grep -q`. |
| 41 | |
| 42 | * There is no way to suppress error output, as with `grep -s`. |
| 43 | |
| 44 | * Fossil `grep` accepts only a single input file name. You cannot give |
| 45 | it a list of file names, and you cannot give it a directory name for |
| 46 | Fossil to expand to the set of all files under that directory. This |
| 47 | means Fossil `grep` has no equivalent of the common POSIX `grep -R` |
| 48 | extension. (And if it did, it would probably have a different option |
| 49 | letter, since `-R` in Fossil has a different meaning, by |
| 50 | convention.) |
| 51 | |
| 52 | * You cannot invert the match, as with `grep -v`. |
| 53 | |
| 54 | Patches to remove those limitations will be thoughtfully considered. |
| 55 |
| --- www/grep.md | |
| +++ www/grep.md | |
| @@ -39,16 +39,15 @@ | |
| 39 | * There is no way to suppress all output, returning only a status code |
| 40 | to indicate whether the pattern matched, as with `grep -q`. |
| 41 | |
| 42 | * There is no way to suppress error output, as with `grep -s`. |
| 43 | |
| 44 | * Fossil `grep` does not accept a directory name for Fossil to |
| 45 | expand to the set of all files under that directory. This means |
| 46 | Fossil `grep` has no equivalent of the common POSIX `grep -R` |
| 47 | extension. (And if it did, it would probably have a different |
| 48 | option letter, since `-R` in Fossil has a different meaning, by |
| 49 | convention.) |
| 50 | |
| 51 | * You cannot invert the match, as with `grep -v`. |
| 52 | |
| 53 | Patches to remove those limitations will be thoughtfully considered. |
| 54 |