From: Johannes Schindelin <hidden> Date: 2016-06-15 22:42:31
Hi,
On Sun, 25 Jun 2006, Matthias Lederhofer wrote:
+-e::
+ The next parameter is the pattern. This option has to be
+ used for patterns starting with - and should be used in
+ scripts passing user input to grep.
... and by the far the most common use is to pass more than one pattern.
Also, the usage is "[-e] <pattern> [-e <pattern>...]".
Ciao,
Dscho