On Wed, 4 Mar 2015 at 14:43, Paul Eggert wrote: > You can put a script like this in $HOME/bin: > > #! /bin/sh > export PATH=/usr/bin > exec grep --color=auto --devices=skip "$@" > > and then prepend $HOME/bin to your PATH.
Well, and I'd have to do this for every *grep variant, so instead of creating different aliases, I'm creating different scripts, which is an even greater change :-( Is there really no other way? I hope nobody removes PAGER, LESS or HISTCONTROL anytime soon :-\ Christian. -- BOFH excuse #88: Boss' kid fucked up the machine