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When searching multiple terms with Helm separated with spaces then Helm returns the results which mach the terms in any order. This is good.

Sometimes I try grep via helm. E.g. I use helm-recentf to select some files and run grep on them. If I use a single term then it works fine. But if type two terms separated with space then I get no results.

My question is: does grep invoked via Helm support helm style out of order matching?

I'd like to determine if this feature is not supported or there is some problem with my config.

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The Helm's builtin Grep integration (such as helm-recentf and helm-find-files's Grep action) does, when you enter "hello world", it will use grep hello | grep world.

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  • Thanks. Then something is wrong at my side if it doesn't work for me.
    – Tom
    Jul 7, 2019 at 5:05

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