Re: Wrong message 'Pattern not found'

["Larry Hall \(Cygwin\)" <reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin dot com>]

On 12/6/2010 2:10 AM, Thomas Wiedmann wrote:
> Hello,
>
> when I call 'man grep' in Cygwin 1.7.1 and try to search the pattern -P,
> which is really available, with '/-P', the wrong message 'Pattern not found
> (press RETURN)' appeared. This behaviour only occurs with Cygwin and only on
> a certain computer. It works well with Cygwin on another computer.
>
> What may be the reason for this invalid message and how to resolve that
> problem?

1.7.1 is very old. Try upgrading.

--
Larry Hall                              http://www.rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc.                      (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
216 Dalton Rd.                          (508) 893-9889 - FAX
Holliston, MA 01746

_____________________________________________________________________

A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
> > A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
> > > Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

--
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple