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Date:      Sun, 19 Feb 2017 17:40:24 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r313955 - head/usr.bin/grep
Message-ID:  <201702191740.v1JHeOTE006047@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: emaste
Date: Sun Feb 19 17:40:24 2017
New Revision: 313955
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/313955

Log:
  bsdgrep: document ignored option -u
  
  MSDOS and Windows GNU grep uses -u to mean "print byte offsets as if
  running on an UNIX system." The option has no effect on systems that
  do not use CRLF line endings.
  
  PR:		171200
  Submitted by:	deeptech71@gmail.com, Anders Jensen-Waud
  MFC after:	1 month

Modified:
  head/usr.bin/grep/grep.1

Modified: head/usr.bin/grep/grep.1
==============================================================================
--- head/usr.bin/grep/grep.1	Sun Feb 19 17:38:17 2017	(r313954)
+++ head/usr.bin/grep/grep.1	Sun Feb 19 17:40:24 2017	(r313955)
@@ -352,6 +352,8 @@ Nonexistent and unreadable files are ign
 (i.e. their error messages are suppressed).
 .It Fl U , Fl Fl binary
 Search binary files, but do not attempt to print them.
+.It Fl u
+This option has no effect and is provided only for compatibility with GNU grep.
 .It Fl V , Fl Fl version
 Display version information and exit.
 .It Fl v , Fl Fl invert-match



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