On 28 Nov 2024, at 22:45, Stephen Morris <steve.morris.au@gmail.com> wrote:

being /usr/bin/egrep and /usr/bin/fgrep because it has said they have been replaced by a script, is that standard Fedora?

Did you check what was in the files and where they were installed from?

The scripts print a warning message then run grep.

$ cat /usr/bin/fgrep
#!/usr/bin/sh
cmd=${0##*/}
echo "$cmd: warning: $cmd is obsolescent; using grep -F" >&2
exec grep -F "$@"

At some point the scripts will be dropped.

It is by design.

Barry