GNU bug report logs - #44941
28.0.50; M-x grep, perhaps all asynch subprocesses

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: rms <at> gnu.org

Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2020 05:23:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug, unreproducible

Found in version 28.0.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #32 received at 44941 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: 44941 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44941: 28.0.50; M-x grep, perhaps all asynch subprocesses
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2020 17:41:59 +0200

> From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: 44941 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2020 23:46:22 -0500
> 
> Here is the cgrep script:
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> 
> grep -a "$@" | cut -c -200
> 
> cut seems to be responsible for the problem by buffering output even to a tty.

Sounds like a useful feature to ask Grep developers to add it.
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