Re: current GNU grep binary for Win/DOS?

From: Lew Pitcher (lpitcher_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: 04/22/04

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    entropic wrote:
    | I've been poking around the www.GNU.org site in search of a current
    | grep executable for Win/DOS, but without much luck--the GNU world
    | seems to to have gone all Linux...
    |
    | Specifically, I use an old verison of MKS ToolKit grep that does not
    | recognize the -A and -B command line options, which I need.
    |
    | Any help/suggestions/links much appreciated.
    |
    | z.entropic

    Have you considered installing the (GPL) Cygwin toolkit on MSWindows? It
    includes a GNU grep.

    http://www.cygwin.com/

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    Lew Pitcher

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