On Tuesday 06 June 2006 22:37, Radoslaw Zielinski wrote: > Paweł Sikora <pluto at agmk.net> [06-06-2006 20:01]: > > `grep -F -w -f patterns text` shoud return: > > I can't see a point in using -F with -f. Without -F it works as > expected. but standalone -F doesn't work. $ grep -w -F "`cat patterns`" text foo bar $ grep -w -f patterns text foo bar splat foo