GNU bug report logs - #22071
incorrect behaviour for inverted matches with -l on empty files

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Mark Wotton <mwotton <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 22:47:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Mark Wotton <mwotton <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-grep <at> gnu.org
Subject: incorrect behaviour for inverted matches with -l on empty files
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2015 22:36:10 +0000

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orb ➜  ~/src/grep-2.22  touch empty
orb ➜  ~/src/grep-2.22  ./src/grep -v -l "hi there" ./empty

gives empty output. Surely the file "empty" should match 'does not match
"hi there"' ?

cheers
mark

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