GNU bug report logs - #30326
grep not searching through a text file (thinking it binary)

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Package: grep;

Reported by: "L. A. Walsh" <gnu <at> tlinx.org>

Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 19:31:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #42 received at 30326 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Paul Jackson <pj <at> usa.net>, 30326 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#30326: grep not searching through a text file (thinking it
 binary)
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2018 08:50:37 -0800

On 02/05/2018 08:05 AM, Paul Jackson wrote:
> If one goal of the  current grep behavior is to avoid putting out
> "junk" unexpectedly, then instead of rejecting input files that
> have any such "junk", rather happily grep on any dang file, by
> default, but then filter the output to suppress the "junk".

We've done that already, if memory serves.
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