Joe, Ross,
>>> huey# make parallel
>>> grep: illegal option -- q
>>> Usage: grep -hblcnsviw pattern file . . .
>
> This is a problem with the grep command on your machine. Grep is reporting
> that it does not support the -q option. This is very strange since I believe
> -q is a standard (POSIX?) option for grep. It means run it in quiet mode.
> What are the specs of your machine, operating system, version of grep etc.
Joe is on Sun, and the Sun /usr/bin/grep doesn't support -q. However,
/usr/xpg4/bin/grep does, so if you have /usr/xpg4/bin in the path before
/usr/bin, this problem goes away.
User Commands grep(1)
NAME
grep - search a file for a pattern
SYNOPSIS
/usr/bin/grep [ -bchilnsvw ] limited-regular-expression [
filename ... ]
/usr/xpg4/bin/grep [ -E | -F ] [ -c | -l | -q ] [
-bhinsvwx ] -e pattern_list ... [ -f pattern_file ] ...
[ file ... ]
/usr/xpg4/bin/grep [ -E | -F ] [ -c | -l | -q ] [
-bhinsvwx ] [ -e pattern_list ... ] -f pattern_file ... [
file ... ]
/usr/xpg4/bin/grep [ -E | -F ] [ -c | -l | -q ] [
-bhinsvwx ] pattern [ file ... ]
(from Solaris 8)
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