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3047 grep support for -r would be useful
@@ -14,30 +14,32 @@
.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]...
+\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-bhinsvwx\fR] \fB-e\fR \fIpattern_list\fR...
- [\fB-f\fR \fIpattern_file\fR]... [\fIfile\fR]...
+\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-bhinsvwx\fR]
- [\fB-e\fR \fIpattern_list\fR]... \fB-f\fR \fIpattern_file\fR... [\fIfile\fR]...
+\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-bhinsvwx\fR] \fIpattern\fR
- [\fIfile\fR]...
+\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
@@ -130,10 +132,30 @@
.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