Miles Bader <miles@xxxxxxx> writes: >> Isn't "-e" a "classic" grep option tho? > > Hmm, a bit of googling, and it seems that while 7th Edition unix (as > classic as I get) had -e, solaris indeed doesn't.... Tho solaris does have it in /usr/xpg4/bin/grep... Since it's a general attribute of solaris that the default (/usr/bin) tools are horrible sysv things and the actual useful tools are in e.g. /usr/xpg4/bin, maybe it would be better to just try and add that directory to the path...? -miles -- Americans are broad-minded people. They'll accept the fact that a person can be an alcoholic, a dope fiend, a wife beater, and even a newspaperman, but if a man doesn't drive, there is something wrong with him. -- Art Buchwald -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html