GNU bug report logs - #20088
-a changes whether a match is found

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 17:39:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #13 received at 20088-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>, 20088-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20088: -a changes whether a match is found
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 14:53:26 -0700

On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 11:02 AM, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
> On 03/11/2015 10:38 AM, Jim Meyering wrote:
>>
>> --text (-a) is documented to change only the output, not grep's exit
>> status.
>
> It is documented, albeit too tersely.  I tried to improve it by installing
> the attached.

Thanks, Paul.  In which case I'm closing this issue, too.
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