[Techtalk] grep question

[Julie]

Erin Mulder wrote:
> 
> > Hmm... this server must have an older version installed.  No such
> > option listed in man (and it doesn't work when tried).
> 
> I grabbed a copy of the latest grep, but it turns out there's no c
> compiler on this server (???) and I need root to easily install the gcc
> binaries I've found (which want to install into /usr/local/).
> 
> So, I guess I'm just going to try a shell script.  Thanks for all the
> help though.  Sorry to have bothered people over a non-linux
> issue.

Couldn't you just compile it on Yet Another Machine, then
install the binaries into your ~/bin directory?
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