GNU bug report logs - #33898
grep reports binary file matches even with -I option

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Britton Kerin <britton.kerin <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 22:45:01 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: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Britton Kerin <britton.kerin <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 33898-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: grep reports binary file matches even with -I option
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 19:43:55 -0800

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
Thanks for reporting the problem. This is a bug in grep's man page, which wasn't 
updated back in 2016 when I updated the main documentation. (The man page is 
lower priority and is sometimes neglected.) I installed the attached patch to 
fix it.

[0001-doc-binary-files-update-in-man-page.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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