Re: Windows 29.1 error - xargs MIA

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I did that, and included the "bin" folder in my PATH.
Now I get "search failed with status 0: xargs: grep: no such file or
directory" which my Google search suggests may have something to do with
having filenames with embedded blanks??
John

On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 11:31=E2=80=AFPM Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> wrote=
:

> > From: JF <[email protected]>
> > Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 17:51:35 -0400
> >
> > Using GNU Emacs 29.1 (newly installed) on Windows 10 Pro
> > Trying dired mode for the first time and marked several files, then hit
> "Q" for regexp query search and
> > replace. I specify the search and replace strings, hit Enter, and it
> says "Searching ..." and then:
> > xref-matches-in-files: Search failed with status 1: 'xargs' is not
> recognized as an internal or
> > external command,
> > from which I infer there's a path to some xargs analog that's part of
> the install but it can't find???
>
> You need to install GNU Findutils.  These programs don't come with
> Windows out of the box.
>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>I did that, and included the &quot;bin&quot; folder i=
n my PATH.</div><div>Now I get &quot;search failed with status 0: xargs: gr=
ep: no such file or directory&quot; which my Google search suggests may hav=
e something to do with having filenames with embedded blanks??</div><div>Jo=
hn<br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_=
attr">On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 11:31=E2=80=AFPM Eli Zaretskii &lt;<a href=3D=
"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote clas=
s=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid r=
gb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">&gt; From: JF &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:alpha=
[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;<br>
&gt; Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 17:51:35 -0400<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Using GNU Emacs 29.1 (newly installed) on Windows 10 Pro<br>
&gt; Trying dired mode for the first time and marked several files, then hi=
t &quot;Q&quot; for regexp query search and<br>
&gt; replace. I specify the search and replace strings, hit Enter, and it s=
ays &quot;Searching ...&quot; and then:<br>
&gt; xref-matches-in-files: Search failed with status 1: &#39;xargs&#39; is=
 not recognized as an internal or<br>
&gt; external command,<br>
&gt; from which I infer there&#39;s a path to some xargs analog that&#39;s =
part of the install but it can&#39;t find???<br>
<br>
You need to install GNU Findutils.=C2=A0 These programs don&#39;t come with=
<br>
Windows out of the box.<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div></div>

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