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From: Edward McGuire <MetaEd AT MetaEd DOT COM>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:06:16 -0600
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Subject: Re: highlight keywords
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On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 11:56, indrek <hosby AT hot DOT ee> wrote:
> I'm using make/gcc for compiling applications. It generates a lot of output.
> I need to highlight some keywords (show red text), in example "error".
> Is it possible with Cygwin. My OS is Windows XP.

Use grep(1). It has the color option you are looking for. Here is an
example having a simple regexp that matches (prints) all lines but
highlights "error" as it does so.

    grep -E --color 'error|$'

Best wishes,

Edward
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