Subject: bug#50270: Suggestion

From: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2021 11:35:51 -0700

On 8/30/21 5:14 AM, Ojas Zanpure wrote:
> It might be confusing for a beginner whether he
> executed the command correctly, if he doesn't see anything on screen.

True. However, grep's behavior here is standardized by POSIX and a lot 
of people rely on it, so I don't think we can change it.

If there's any consolation, 'grep' is intended for experts (and you are 
now an expert ;-).