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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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Paul Jackson <pj <at> usa.net>
Cc: 30326 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#30326: grep not searching through a text file (thinking it binary)
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 15:24:19 -0700

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On 02/05/2018 03:38 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> I was referring to text containing encoding errors without containing 
> NULs, which is what this bug report originally was about. Sorry I 
> didn't make that clear.
>
Following up on this (with some delay...), I installed the attached 
patch to try to cover this point more clearly in the grep manual.


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