GNU bug report logs - #59639
Is this a bug?

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Klaus Dittrich <kladit <at> t-online.de>

Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2022 17:53:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 59639-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Klaus Dittrich <kladit <at> t-online.de>
Cc: 59639-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#59639: Is this a bug?
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2022 10:11:57 -0800

On 2022-11-27 09:29, Klaus Dittrich wrote:
> grep  gdk* file.txt

You should quote the pattern for the shell, e.g.:

grep 'gdk*' file.txt

You can see what's going on by using the shell command 'set -x' before 
running 'grep'.
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