We are stuck with egrep and fgrep (unless you like beating people)

Re:We are stuck with egrep and fgrep (unless you like beatin... by henearkr on Thursday October 13, 2022 @10:08AM (#33191170)

The current contents (not joking): (this is why the situation is crazy)

  #!/bin/sh
  cmd=${0##\*/}
  echo "$cmd: warning: $cmd is obsolescent; using grep -E" >&2
  exec grep -E "$@"

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Re:We are stuck with egrep and fgrep (unless you like beatin... by henearkr on Thursday October 13, 2022 @12:54PM (#33193588)

I cannot edit anymore, so I add this:

This is the case in a distribution (Arch) that has effectively taken the maintainer's advice into account, not the reverse.

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