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3047 grep support for -r would be useful

*** 14,43 **** .SH NAME grep \- search a file for a pattern .SH SYNOPSIS .LP .nf ! \fB/usr/bin/grep\fR [\fB-c\fR | \fB-l\fR | \fB-q\fR] [\fB-bhinsvw\fR] \fIlimited-regular-expression\fR ! [\fIfilename\fR]... .fi .LP .nf ! \fB/usr/xpg4/bin/grep\fR [\fB-E\fR | \fB-F\fR] [\fB-c\fR | \fB-l\fR | \fB-q\fR] [\fB-bhinsvwx\fR] \fB-e\fR \fIpattern_list\fR... ! [\fB-f\fR \fIpattern_file\fR]... [\fIfile\fR]... .fi .LP .nf ! \fB/usr/xpg4/bin/grep\fR [\fB-E\fR | \fB-F\fR] [\fB-c\fR | \fB-l\fR | \fB-q\fR] [\fB-bhinsvwx\fR] ! [\fB-e\fR \fIpattern_list\fR]... \fB-f\fR \fIpattern_file\fR... [\fIfile\fR]... .fi .LP .nf ! \fB/usr/xpg4/bin/grep\fR [\fB-E\fR | \fB-F\fR] [\fB-c\fR | \fB-l\fR | \fB-q\fR] [\fB-bhinsvwx\fR] \fIpattern\fR ! [\fIfile\fR]... .fi .SH DESCRIPTION .sp .LP --- 14,45 ---- .SH NAME grep \- search a file for a pattern .SH SYNOPSIS .LP .nf ! \fB/usr/bin/grep\fR [\fB-c\fR | \fB-l\fR |\fB-q\fR] [\fB-r\fR | \fB-R\fR] [\fB-bhinsvw\fR] ! \fIlimited-regular-expression\fR [\fIfilename\fR]... .fi .LP .nf ! \fB/usr/xpg4/bin/grep\fR [\fB-E\fR | \fB-F\fR] [\fB-c\fR | \fB-l\fR | \fB-q\fR] [\fB-r\fR | \fB-R\fR] ! [\fB-bhinsvwx\fR] \fB-e\fR \fIpattern_list\fR... [\fB-f\fR \fIpattern_file\fR]... ! [\fIfile\fR]... .fi .LP .nf ! \fB/usr/xpg4/bin/grep\fR [\fB-E\fR | \fB-F\fR] [\fB-c\fR | \fB-l\fR | \fB-q\fR] [\fB-r\fR | \fB-R\fR] ! [\fB-bhinsvwx\fR] [\fB-e\fR \fIpattern_list\fR]... \fB-f\fR \fIpattern_file\fR... ! [\fIfile\fR]... .fi .LP .nf ! \fB/usr/xpg4/bin/grep\fR [\fB-E\fR | \fB-F\fR] [\fB-c\fR | \fB-l\fR | \fB-q\fR] [\fB-r\fR | \fB-R\fR] ! [\fB-bhinsvwx\fR] \fIpattern\fR [\fIfile\fR]... .fi .SH DESCRIPTION .sp .LP
*** 130,139 **** --- 132,161 ---- .ad .RS 6n Precedes each line by its line number in the file (first line is 1). .RE + .sp + .ne 2 + .na + \fB\fB-r\fR\fR + .ad + .RS 6n + Read all files under each directory, recursively. Follow symbolic links on + the command line, but skip symlinks that are encountered recursively. If file + is a device, FIFO, or socket, skip it. + .RE + + .sp + .ne 2 + .na + \fB\fB-R\fR\fR + .ad + .RS 6n + Read all files under each directory, recursively, following all symbolic links. + .RE + .sp .ne 2 .na \fB\fB-q\fR\fR .ad