tags 60038 notabug thanks On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 10:04 AM Daniel Schättgen <daniel.schaett...@abraxas.de> wrote: > When searching for a pattern that includes "-/", the pattern is interpreted > as option: > > [dsg@db01]# grep "-" example.txt > --/-- > [dsg@db01]# grep "/" example.txt > --/-- > [dsg@db01]# grep "-/" example.txt > grep: invalid option -- '/' > Usage: grep [OPTION]... PATTERN [FILE]... > Try 'grep --help' for more information. > [dsg@db01]# grep --version > grep (GNU grep) 2.20
Thanks, but this is not a bug. To search for a pattern that starts with "-", use grep's -e option, e.g., grep -e -/ example.txt Also, you're using grep-2.20, which is more than 8 years old. The latest is grep-3.8.
