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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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 44941 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rms <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#44941: 28.0.50; M-x grep, perhaps all asynch subprocesses
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2020 18:38:03 +0200

> From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
> Cc: rms <at> gnu.org,  44941 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2020 16:47:28 +0100
> 
> On Nov 30 2020, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> >> 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.
> 
> That feature already exists: stdbuf.

I'm not sure I understand: I meant the feature to limit the output
lines to a given column count.
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