Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 16:05:11 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: Is it possible to search subdirectories from the command line....
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On Sun, 23 Sep 2001, CBFalconer wrote:

> > -bash-2.03$ pwd
> > /djgpp/src.compiling
> > -bash-2.03$ grep islower .../*.c
> > grep: .../*.c: No such file or directory (ENOENT)
> > -bash-2.03$ grep --version
> > grep (GNU grep) 2.2
> 
> GNU grep expects to have the command line pre-globbed.

_All_ DJGPP programs can glob command-line arguments, unless invoked in a 
way that inhibits that globbing (via `spawn*' family of library 
functions).  So GNU Grep, being a DJGPP progra, does that as well.

> Use a dos grep

DJGPP programs _are_ DOS programs.

> or execute it through bash

Martin _did_ run Grep from Bash.