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| author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2022-09-09 13:12:24 -0500 |
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| committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2022-09-09 13:13:16 -0500 |
| commit | b3cd2ee4aeaf01930c88ac6320afa347e74e91aa (patch) | |
| tree | 6e03e7faeb3bedac188d022658a3226a6fd42d2a /doc | |
| parent | 216f754287f2123f45d274f0a003182524efd43d (diff) | |
| download | grep-b3cd2ee4aeaf01930c88ac6320afa347e74e91aa.tar.gz | |
doc: improve GREP_COLORS doc (Bug#57696)
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/grep.in.1 | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/grep.texi | 3 |
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/grep.in.1 b/doc/grep.in.1 index 0423866c..5b3123dd 100644 --- a/doc/grep.in.1 +++ b/doc/grep.in.1 @@ -1007,8 +1007,9 @@ The shell command lists locales that are currently available. .TP .B GREP_COLORS -Specifies the colors and other attributes -used to highlight various parts of the output. +Controls how the +.B \-\^\-color +option highlights output. Its value is a colon-separated list of capabilities that defaults to .B ms=01;31:mc=01;31:sl=:cx=:fn=35:ln=32:bn=32:se=36 diff --git a/doc/grep.texi b/doc/grep.texi index c3711724..a8089cc5 100644 --- a/doc/grep.texi +++ b/doc/grep.texi @@ -864,8 +864,7 @@ overridden by @env{GREP_COLORS}. Instead of @item GREP_COLORS @vindex GREP_COLORS @r{environment variable} @cindex highlight markers -This variable specifies the colors and other attributes -used to highlight various parts of the output. +This variable controls how the @option{--color} option highlights output. Its value is a colon-separated list of @code{terminfo} capabilities that defaults to @samp{ms=01;31:mc=01;31:sl=:cx=:fn=35:ln=32:bn=32:se=36} with the @samp{rv} and @samp{ne} boolean capabilities omitted (i.e., false). |