Setup 2.249.2.5, Package 'grep' 2.5-1, missing 'egrep.exe' and 'fgrep.exe'

Elfyn McBratney elfyn-cygwin@exposure.org.uk
Sun Feb 2 21:01:00 GMT 2003


> Perhaps ... but I'm not running under bash and never have.  Did I miss a
> documented restriction that the programs *only* run under bash?

It depends on the package. With something like grep you cannot (?) call a
egrep from cmd.exe/command.com per se as it is a symbolic link to grep.exe
(a windows shortcut) but you could call it from bash

> bash -c /bin/egrep

within your batch scripts.


Regards,

Elfyn McBratney
elfyn@exposure.org.uk
www.exposure.org.uk



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