*grep-command-format* Variable

Summary

The format string used to construct the arguments passed to the Search Files tool to perform a Grep search.

Package

lispworks

Initial Value

"cd '~a'; ~a ~a ~a /dev/null" on non-Windows platforms and "~a ~a ~a NUL" on Windows.

Description

The variable *grep-command-format* is a format string used to construct the arguments passed to the Search Files tool to perform a Grep search.

On non-Windows platforms, the first format argument is the current directory.

The remainder of the format arguments are:

• the value of *grep-command* or, if this is nil, the value of (sys:lispworks-file "etc/grep").
• the value of *grep-fixed-args*.
• the arguments you specify.

See the LispWorks IDE User Guide for more information about the Search Files tool.

See also

*grep-command*
*grep-fixed-args*