Your bug report #23562: grep seems to write some error messages to stdout data stream --- shouldn't it be to stderr? which was filed against the grep package, has been closed. The explanation is attached below, along with your original report. If you require more details, please reply to 23562@debbugs.gnu.org. -- 23562: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=23562 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems