GNU bug report logs - #51669
some patterns which should match 0x0 don’t do so

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Christoph Anton Mitterer <calestyo <at> scientia.org>

Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2021 17:30:02 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: Christoph Anton Mitterer <calestyo <at> scientia.org>
Cc: 51669-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#51669: some patterns which should match 0x0 don’t do so
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2021 16:37:17 -0800

That's a feature not a bug; see:

https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/manual/html_node/File-and-Directory-Selection.html

and look for --binary-files. You can use 'grep -a' to pay more attention 
to binary data.
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