On 25 Jan 2002, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > > > > --=-=-= > > > > Name : grep Relocations: (not relocateable) > > > > Version : 2.5 Vendor: MandrakeSoft > > > > Release : 0.f.1mdk Build Date: Thu Jan 24 22:41:36 >2002 > > > > > > It supports coloured output. Here's what you can add to your > > > ~/.bashrc : > > > > > > alias grep="grep --color=tty -I -s" > > > > > > I don't like the default red colour, so here's how to set to the > > > "bold" colour (coral as for me ;p) > > > > > > export GREP_COLOR="01;38" > > > > This is k00l! Is it documented how to set GREP_COLOR env variable? > > Write the upper line in your ~/.bashrc and re-login.
Sorry that I didn't make my question clear. What I want to ask is the format of GREP_COLOR variable. Sounds like it's an ASCII escape sequence; but is it documented? Seems the mirror I'm using doesn't have the newest grep yet, so no way to test it for now... Abel
