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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Message #16 received at 20080-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
Cc: 20080-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20080: '.' fails to match null byte
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 10:32:38 -0700

tags 20080 notabug
thanks

On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 9:58 AM, Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de> wrote:
> 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.

True, but that is a separate issue, so I'm closing this bug report and
will open a new one.
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