GNU bug report logs - #20080
'.' fails to match null byte

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>

Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 14:33:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
Cc: 20080 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20080: '.' fails to match null byte
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 17:58:04 +0100

Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> writes:

> You can use the --text (-a) option to make it match.

The --text option is supposed to only change the output, no the match.

Andreas.

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