grep is always recursive

Hal Burgiss hal at burgiss.net
Sat Jan 24 19:26:18 UTC 2009


On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 08:07:51PM +0100, Loïc Grenié wrote:
> 
> scp $computer2:/bin/grep /tmp
> /tmp/grep a *
> scp /bin/grep $computer2:/tmp
> ssh $computer2
> (on computer2)
> /tmp/grep a *

Doing this, the outcomes stay the same: wierdness at home/problem
system. OK elsewhere.
 
> >  GREP_OPTIONS=''; grep a *
> 
> GREP_OPTIONS='' grep a *
> (without ;)

Same difference. Still recursive. Thx.

-- 
Hal





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