How do I use grep with Emacs?
To use grep with Emacs, you first need to obtain a version of grep. Many of the packages listed in the section below on Unix Tools come with a version of grep (and cousins egrep and fgrep). Once you have grep, be sure that it is in your system path or in Emacs’ exec-path. Then you should be able grep from within Emacs using “M-x grep”. If you can’t get access to grep, then you can use the findstr program that comes with Windows NT and Windows 95 instead. It is much more limited in its searching ability, but if you have simple needs it may be adequate. Peter Breton
