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.TH grep-changelog 1
.SH NAME
grep-changelog \- print ChangeLog entries matching criteria
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B grep-changelog
.RI [ options ]
.RI [ CHANGELOG .\|.\|.]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B grep-changelog
searches the named
.IR CHANGELOG s
(by default files matching the regular expressions
.B ChangeLog
and
.BR "ChangeLog\e.[0-9]+" )
for entries matching the specified criteria.  At least one option or
file must be specified.  This program is distributed with
.BR "GNU Emacs" .
.PP
.SH OPTIONS
The program accepts unambiguous abbreviations for option names.
.TP
.B \-\-author=AUTHOR
Print entries whose author matches regular expression
.IR AUTHOR .
.TP
.B \-\-text=TEXT
Print entries whose text matches regular expression
.IR TEXT .
.TP
.B \-\-exclude=TEXT
Exclude entries matching regular expression
.IR TEXT .
.TP
.B \-\-from\-date=YYYY\-MM\-DD
Only consider entries made on or after the given date.
ChangeLog date entries not in the
\*(lqYYYY\-MM\-DD\*(rq format are never matched.
.TP
.B \-\-to\-date=YYYY\-MM\-DD
Only consider entries made on or before the given date.
.TP
.B \-\-rcs\-log
Print output in a format suitable for RCS log entries.
This format removes author lines, leading spaces, and file names.
.TP
.B \-\-with\-date
In RCS log format, print short dates.
.TP
.B \-\-reverse
Show matches in reverse order.
.TP
.B \-\-version
Display version information.
.TP
.B \-\-help
Display basic usage information.
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.SH COPYING
Copyright 
.if t \(co
.if n (C)
2008-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.PP
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.PP
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.PP
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modified versions, except that this permission notice may be stated
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