GNU bug report logs - #30105
Additional "grep" parameter to change the exit code from 1 to 0, even if grep doesn't find pattern

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Vasyl Vavrychuk <vvavrychuk <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2018 05:57:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Vasyl Vavrychuk <vvavrychuk <at> gmail.com>, 30105 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#30105: Additional "grep" parameter to change the exit code from 1 to 0, even if grep doesn't find pattern
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2018 22:57:27 -0800

Vasyl Vavrychuk wrote:
> I would like to have an option to return success if nothing is found but
> still return fail if error happens.

You can use a shell command like this:

grep PATTERN FILE
test $? -lt 2

I don't see the need for a special grep option to handle this problem.
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