"The default find program for `grep-find-command'.
This variable's value takes effect when `grep-compute-defaults' is called.")
+;;;###autoload
+(defvar xargs-program "xargs"
+ "The default xargs program for `grep-find-command'.
+See `grep-find-use-xargs'.
+This variable's value takes effect when `grep-compute-defaults' is called.")
+
;;;###autoload
(defvar grep-find-use-xargs nil
"Non-nil means that `grep-find' uses the `xargs' utility by default.
(cond
((and
(grep-probe find-program `(nil nil nil ,null-device "-print0"))
- (grep-probe "xargs" `(nil nil nil "-0" "-e" "echo")))
+ (grep-probe xargs-program `(nil nil nil "-0" "-e" "echo")))
'gnu)
(t
'exec))))
(unless grep-find-command
(setq grep-find-command
(cond ((eq grep-find-use-xargs 'gnu)
- (format "%s . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 -e %s"
- find-program grep-command))
+ (format "%s . -type f -print0 | %s -0 -e %s"
+ find-program xargs-program grep-command))
((eq grep-find-use-xargs 'exec)
(let ((cmd0 (format "%s . -type f -exec %s"
find-program grep-command)))
(shell-quote-argument ";"))
(1+ (length cmd0)))))
(t
- (format "%s . -type f -print | xargs %s"
- find-program grep-command)))))
+ (format "%s . -type f -print | %s %s"
+ find-program xargs-program grep-command)))))
(unless grep-find-template
(setq grep-find-template
(let ((gcmd (format "%s <C> %s <R>"
grep-program grep-options)))
(cond ((eq grep-find-use-xargs 'gnu)
- (format "%s . <X> -type f <F> -print0 | xargs -0 -e %s"
- find-program gcmd))
+ (format "%s . <X> -type f <F> -print0 | %s -0 -e %s"
+ find-program xargs-program gcmd))
((eq grep-find-use-xargs 'exec)
(format "%s . <X> -type f <F> -exec %s {} %s %s"
find-program gcmd null-device
(shell-quote-argument ";")))
(t
- (format "%s . <X> -type f <F> -print | xargs %s"
- find-program gcmd))))))))
+ (format "%s . <X> -type f <F> -print | %s %s"
+ find-program xargs-program gcmd))))))))
(unless (or (not grep-highlight-matches) (eq grep-highlight-matches t))
(setq grep-highlight-matches
(with-temp-buffer
""))
(defun grep-default-command ()
- "Compute the default grep command for C-u M-x grep to offer."
+ "Compute the default grep command for \\[universal-argument] \\[grep] to offer."
(let ((tag-default (shell-quote-argument (grep-tag-default)))
;; This a regexp to match single shell arguments.
;; Could someone please add comments explaining it?
"Run grep, with user-specified args, and collect output in a buffer.
While grep runs asynchronously, you can use \\[next-error] (M-x next-error),
or \\<grep-mode-map>\\[compile-goto-error] in the grep \
-output buffer, to go to the lines
-where grep found matches.
+output buffer, to go to the lines where grep
+found matches.
For doing a recursive `grep', see the `rgrep' command. For running
`grep' in a specific directory, see `lgrep'.
-This command uses a special history list for its COMMAND-ARGS, so you can
-easily repeat a grep command.
+This command uses a special history list for its COMMAND-ARGS, so you
+can easily repeat a grep command.
A prefix argument says to default the argument based upon the current
tag the cursor is over, substituting it into the last grep command
-in the grep command history (or into `grep-command'
-if that history list is empty)."
+in the grep command history (or into `grep-command' if that history
+list is empty)."
(interactive
(progn
(grep-compute-defaults)
With two \\[universal-argument] prefixes, directly edit and run `grep-command'.
Collect output in a buffer. While grep runs asynchronously, you
-can use \\[next-error] (M-x next-error), or \\<grep-mode-map>\\[compile-goto-error]
-in the grep output buffer, to go to the lines where grep found matches.
+can use \\[next-error] (M-x next-error), or \\<grep-mode-map>\\[compile-goto-error] \
+in the grep output buffer,
+to go to the lines where grep found matches.
This command shares argument histories with \\[rgrep] and \\[grep]."
(interactive
With two \\[universal-argument] prefixes, directly edit and run `grep-find-command'.
Collect output in a buffer. While find runs asynchronously, you
-can use \\[next-error] (M-x next-error), or \\<grep-mode-map>\\[compile-goto-error]
-in the grep output buffer, to go to the lines where grep found matches.
+can use \\[next-error] (M-x next-error), or \\<grep-mode-map>\\[compile-goto-error] \
+in the grep output buffer,
+to go to the lines where grep found matches.
This command shares argument histories with \\[lgrep] and \\[grep-find]."
(interactive