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+#!/bin/bash
+# -*- coding: utf-8 mode: sh -*- vim:sw=4:sts=4:et:ai:si:sta:fenc=utf-8
+source "$(dirname "$0")/lib/ulib/auto" || exit 1
+
+function display_help() {
+    uecho "$scriptname: frontend de grep pour lire des fichiers encodés en latin1
+
+USAGE
+    $scriptname [options] files...
+
+OPTIONS
+        options de grep qui sont reprises telles quelles"
+}
+
+grepopts=()
+args=(
+    --help '$exit_with display_help'
+    -E,--extended-regexp '$grepopts+=(-E)'
+    -F,--fixed-strings '$grepopts+=(-F)'
+    -G,--basic-regexp '$grepopts+=(-G)'
+    -P,--perl-regexp '$grepopts+=(-P)'
+    -i,--ignore-case '$grepopts+=(-i)'
+    -v,--invert-match '$grepopts+=(-v)'
+    -L,--files-without-match '$grepopts+=(-L)'
+    -l,--files-with-matches '$grepopts+=(-l)'
+    -q,--quiet,--silent '$grepopts+=(-q)'
+    -s,--no-messages '$grepopts+=(-s)'
+    -H,--with-filename '$grepopts+=(-H)'
+    -h,--no-filename '$grepopts+=(-h)'
+    -a,--text '$grepopts+=(-a)'
+    -r,--recursive '$grepopts+=(-r)'
+    -R,--dereference-recursive '$grepopts+=(-R)'
+)
+parse_args "$@"; set -- "${args[@]}"
+
+pattern="$1"
+args=("${@:2}")
+#XXX ajouter le support de -r, notamment si ${args[@]} contient un répertoire
+
+iconv -f latin1 -t utf-8 "${args[@]}" | grep "${grepopts[@]}" "$pattern"