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Re: grep --color=auto with -i option disables the matching text color


could be the same as "my" problem:
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2009-10/msg00548.html

www.MortenKjarulff.dk



On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Alan Fay <emptyset@gmail.com> wrote:
> Howdy!
>
> I was trying to enable colors on the matching text for grep, and can't
> get the formatting to work with the matching text.
>
> # Partial contents of .zshenv
> export GREP_OPTIONS="--color=auto"
> export GREP_COLORS='mt=1;34'
>
> # Problem command, no matching text (mt) appearing bold/blue, run in a
> C# solution:
> $ grep -R -n -i -e "functionFoo\(" --include=*.cs --exclude-dir=Logs *
>
> # Command that works and highlights matching text, note that -i option disabled
> $ grep -R -n -e "functionFoo\(" --include=*.cs --exclude-dir=Logs *
>
> My superuser inquiry:
> http://superuser.com/questions/73261/grep-colorauto-with-i-option-disables-the-matching-text-color-why
>
> This problem was found with the following program/platform versions:
>
> $ uname -a
> CYGWIN_NT-6.0-WOW64 *** 1.5.25(0.156/4/2) 2008-06-12 19:34 i686 Cygwin
>
> $ grep --version
> GNU grep 2.5.3
>
> $ zsh --version
> zsh 4.3.9 (i686-pc-cygwin)
>
> Windows Vista Business
> Service Pack 2
>
> Feel free to email me with anything that's missing. ?I'm not sure if
> this is a bug with Cygwin on Vista or perhaps grep. ?I didn't find
> much past the man pages on google with respect to grep colorization
> (on any platform).
>
> Thanks,
> Alan
>
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