On Fri, 6 Mar 2015 at 00:29, Norihiro Tanaka wrote: > Please think to use grep -F and grep -E instead of fgrep and egrep. > For others, you can use following script, or customize grep's source > code and rebuild it to change default.
OK, that (and the bits below) seem to confirm that there's no simple alternative to GREP_OPTIONS and one has to make serious changes to mimic that behaviour. Oh well... Thanks for your input though. Christian. > > -- > mv /bin/grep /bin/grep.bin > cat <<EOF >/bin/grep > #! /bin/sh > exec /bin/grep.bin --color=auto --devices=skip "$@" > EOF > chmod a+x /bin/grep > -- > > > -- > diff -ru grep-2.21.orig/src/grep.c grep-2.21/src/grep.c > --- grep-2.21.orig/src/grep.c 2014-11-09 19:00:37.000000000 +0000 > +++ grep-2.21/src/grep.c 2015-03-05 15:26:59.000000000 +0000 > @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ > static bool suppress_errors; > > /* If nonzero, use color markers. */ > -static int color_option; > +static int color_option = 2; > > /* Show only the part of a line matching the expression. */ > static bool only_matching; > @@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ > READ_COMMAND_LINE_DEVICES, > READ_DEVICES, > SKIP_DEVICES > - } devices = READ_COMMAND_LINE_DEVICES; > + } devices = SKIP_DEVICES; > > static bool grepfile (int, char const *, bool, bool); > static bool grepdesc (int, bool); > -- > > -- BOFH excuse #119: evil hackers from Serbia.
