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grep -v always exiting with 1 for empty file

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>, Andi Kleen <andi <at> firstfloor.org>
Cc: 41700 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#41700: grep -v always exiting with 1 for empty file
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2020 13:42:12 -0700

On 6/4/20 1:34 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
>>> in your definition would
>>>
>>> echo -n foo > file
>>>
>>> (so no newline, but non zero length)
>>
>> No, the file has zero length:
>>
>> $ echo -n >file
> 
> You missed the 'echo -n foo' that prints 3 bytes to file.

Ah sorry, indeed I did. In that case my interpretation indeed agrees with yours.

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