GNU bug report logs - #28334
A gnu extension for gnu grep

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Camion SPAM <camion_spam-gnubugs <at> yahoo.fr>

Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2017 00:50:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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

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From: Camion SPAM <camion_spam-gnubugs <at> yahoo.fr>
To: "bug-grep <at> gnu.org" <bug-grep <at> gnu.org>
Subject: A gnu extension for gnu grep
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2017 00:47:16 +0000 (UTC)

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Hello, 
for the use with xargs -0, gnu find has a -print0 option allowing the user to process files even having the <LF> character in their name. however, in one wants to make à check on the content, this doesn't work anymore : One can write find <DIR> <CONDITIONS> -print0 | xargs -0 grep -l <REGEXP> | tr '\n' '\0' | xargs -0 ...to have de second xargs allows files with <SP> or other special characters in their names, but this won't work with files with <LF> in their name.
For this reason, I suggest we add a gnu --print0 option to grep (to be used with -l) which will separate the filenames produced with grep -l, with <NULL> characters instead of <LF> characters, in order to allow the correct processing of files with a <LF> in their names.

One might object that making a file with an <LF> character in it's name is stupid, but it is always possible to create one by mistake, juste with a wrong quote matching in shell commands or scripts.
Best regards, 
Camion
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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Camion SPAM <camion_spam-gnubugs <at> yahoo.fr>, 28334-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28334: A gnu extension for gnu grep
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2017 18:40:40 -0700

It sounds like grep -Z does what you want, so I'm boldly closing this 
bug report.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 01 Oct 2017 11:24:05 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
This bug report was last modified 7 years and 264 days ago.

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