Use the grep command instead of an alias in bash completions #1622
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**Problem**: If a user has a grep alias, such as this: ``` alias grep='grep --perl-regexp' ``` Running the bash completions script will break with the following output: ``` grep: conflicting matchers specified ``` This happens because the script tries to use the `-F/--fixed-strings` flag, which conflicts with `--perl-regexp` flag. **Solution**: Prefix grep with `\` so that the grep command is always used instead of an alias.
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Problem:
If a user has a grep alias, such as this:
Running the bash completions script will break with the following output:
This happens because the script tries to use the
-F/--fixed-stringsflag, which conflicts with--perl-regexpflag.Solution:
Prefix grep with
\so that the grep command is always used instead of an alias.