X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <43DF8DF4.5080105@opnet.com> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:19:00 +0100 From: Stein Somers User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Windows/20050716) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Using grep from within a .cmd or .bat file in Windows References: <43DF8C11.1000307@exmsft.com> In-Reply-To: <43DF8C11.1000307@exmsft.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OPNET-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Keith Moore wrote: > Tzuriel wrote: > > >>grep --help >>pause >> >>inside a file called grep.cmd, > > > "grep.cmd" is getting executed recursively. You > need to name your .cmd file something other than > "grep". Or invoke "grep.exe --help". Or if you want to experiment, specify the exact path to grep. Or if you love to experiment, make sure grep.cmd is not in the current directory and not in any PATH entry, so that you have to invoke it with an explicit path. Stein -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/