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Re: egrep moved to /usr/sbin



Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> writes:

> Some programs may need egrep/fgrep before /usr is mounted.  The proper
> fix to this would be to make them all the same binary again.  

Those can just use grep -E, grep -F if they really need them:

>From grep(1):

> In addition, three variant programs egrep, fgrep and rgrep are avail- able.
> Egrep is the same as grep -E. Fgrep is the same as grep -F. Rgrep is the
> same as grep -r.

-- 
greg



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