Re: [Mingw-users] grep -f is MSDOS incapable

[Keith M. <kei...@us...>]

On Sunday 28 March 2010 20:26:50 Łukasz Stelmach wrote:
> grep from MSYS includes CR as a part of pattern read from a file
> with a -f option. This seems to be rather obvious bug, doesn't it?

No, not really.  All MSYS tools are designed to process Unix format 
files; IIRC, it was a conscious design decision that any CR present 
in any input file would be considered significant.

> Is there any magic trick to overcome it?

Use dos2unix, (or the d2u filter), to convert your pattern file to 
the proper format.

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Regards,
Keith.