Re: [gentoo-user] 'if echo hello' in .bashrc

[Stroller]

On 9 May 2009, at 11:41, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote:
>> ...
>> Let's say we use BSD grep or Schilling grep or whatever - is there
>> actually any harm in exporting GREP_OPTIONS='--color=auto' in this
>> case?
>
> Yes, because if the grep implementation in question supports
> GREP_OPTIONS
> but doesn't support --color, you'll get errors when it's run.
>
> (The assumption ... is that if --color is supported, then
> GREP_OPTIONS is too, which is reasonable and is what happens for GNU
> grep, although I cannot speak for other implementations).


So this keeps the .bashrc compatible with older versions of GNU grep.  
That hadn't occurred to me.

My question is:
Do BSD & other greps also support GREP_OPTIONS ?

Stroller.