Thanks for the bug report. I installed the attached (slightly different) patch
to fix the bug and inconsistency.
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From: Paul Eggert <egg...@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2020 01:54:47 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] doc: fix --exclude description in man page
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Problem reported by Duncan Moore (Bug#37212).
* src/grep.c (usage): Fix incorrect statement about --exclude
and directories. Standardize on “that match GLOB” instead
of “matching GLOB”.
---
src/grep.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/grep.c b/src/grep.c
index 35d563d..7ba602d 100644
--- a/src/grep.c
+++ b/src/grep.c
@@ -1970,8 +1970,8 @@ Output control:\n\
printf (_("\
--include=GLOB search only files that match GLOB (a file pattern)"
"\n\
- --exclude=GLOB skip files and directories matching GLOB\n\
- --exclude-from=FILE skip files matching any file pattern from FILE\n\
+ --exclude=GLOB skip files that match GLOB\n\
+ --exclude-from=FILE skip files that match any file pattern from FILE\n\
--exclude-dir=GLOB skip directories that match GLOB\n\
"));
printf (_("\
--
2.17.1
