Description of problem: Please: alias grep='grep --color' That's awesome and goes nice with ls. Control over the color is possible through the $GREP_COLOR var. See man grep. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): coreutils-5.2.1-31 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. grep Fedora /etc/issue Actual results: I see the line: Fedora Core release 3 (Heidelberg) Expected results: The "Fedora" in the line should be highlighted red. Additional info: I can provide a patch if that helps faster resolution.
Definitely not.
Any reason for that? It's definitely providing extra functionality, and it's auto, turns off if not pointing to terminal.
It's not providing extra functionality, it's just changing a default. Anyone who wants to do this on their own machine can do so very easily. If *we* change the default *for* them, there will be complaints, and I will have to deal with them. Not happening.