On 09/04/2008, Chris Bannister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 10:22:08AM +1000, Rich Healey wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Mike Bird wrote: > > > On Mon April 7 2008 16:03:28 Chris Bannister wrote: > > >> export GREP_COLOR=33 > > >> alias grep='grep --colour=always' > > > > > > This will break any scripts which assume that the output > > > of grep has not been annotated with color escape sequences. > > > > > > --Mike Bird > > > > > > > > Those scripts will not load his .bashrc > > > Which ones? e.g ... as me: > > echo $GREP_COLOR > 33 > > less gtt > #!/bin/bash > > echo $GREP_COLOR > > ./gtt > 33 > > So any scripts run *as* me get it too.
More precicely, any scripts you run from interactive sessions (terminal etc). Scripts started under your UID from cron, at, etc, will not get the GREP_COLOR var. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
