GNU bug report logs - #56843
grep mangling lines

Previous Next

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Dimitry Andric <dimitry <at> andric.com>
To: "David G. Pickett" <dgpickett <at> aol.com>
Cc: 56843 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#56843: grep mangling lines
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2022 19:15:49 +0200

On 30 Jul 2022, at 17:57, David G. Pickett via Bug reports for GNU grep <bug-grep <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> 
> I was stunned to see the grep command remove bytes:
> 
> $ crontab -l|grep clam30 23 * * * /usr/bin/freshclam --datadir=/home/dgp/.clamtk/db --log=/home/dgp/.clamtk/db/freshclam.$(/bin/date +\%b-\%d-\%Y).log >/home/dgp/.clamtk/db/freshcla_cron.log 2>&1 ; /usr/local/bin/clamdscan --config-file=/etc/clamav/clamd.conf --reload --log="$HOME/.clamtk/history/$(/bin/date +\%b-\%d-\%Y).log" >>.clamtk/history/clamscan.log 2>&1 ; /usr/local/bin/clamdscan --config-file=/etc/clamav/clad.conf --quiet --multiscan --fdpass --log="$HOME/.clamtk/history/$(/bin/date +\%b-\%d-\%Y).log" $HOME >>.clamtk/history/clamscan.log 2>&1 # freshclam update andclam-scan
> from this line:
> 30 23 * * * /usr/bin/freshclam --datadir=/home/dgp/.clamtk/db --log=/home/dgp/.clamtk/db/freshclam.$(/bin/date +\%b-\%d-\%Y).log >/home/dgp/.clamtk/db/freshclam_cron.log 2>&1 ; /usr/local/bin/clamdscan --config-file=/etc/clamav/clamd.conf --reload --log="$HOME/.clamtk/history/$(/bin/date +\%b-\%d-\%Y).log" >>.clamtk/history/clamscan.log 2>&1 ; /usr/local/bin/clamdscan --config-file=/etc/clamav/clamd.conf --quiet --multiscan --fdpass --log="$HOME/.clamtk/history/$(/bin/date +\%b-\%d-\%Y).log" $HOME >>.clamtk/history/clamscan.log 2>&1 # freshclam update and clam-scan
> On my 80x25 xterm, the missing byte should have been at the end of the line, and is highlighted in red.  Highlighting is ok but accurate data is nicer?

I'm sorry, but the formatting in your mail seems completely mangled. ;)

It's very hard to make out what you think is wrong, so could you make
that more explicit?

-Dimitry

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.