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Reversing the grep message output type matching binary files (without the -a option added) changed from stdout to stderr

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From: "Paul Jackson" <pj <at> usa.net>
To: bug-grep <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#63780: �ظ��� bug#63780: Reversing the grep message output type matching binary files (without the -a option added) changed from stdout to stderr
Date: Mon, 29 May 2023 20:13:46 -0500

>> So my original intention is to ask the community whether there is a better way to modify the grep3.7 source code. 

I doubt it makes sense to change (revert, in this case) grep's interface for all other users,
for the benefit of one user who has limited ways of adapting to the current interface.

Can you code a wrapper for grep, whether in bash/zsh shell or in C or similar, that is also
called "grep" and appears on the PATH before the "real" grep?  This wrapper could invoke
the "real" grep, fixup the one issue of concern here, that the "binary file matches" error
message might come out on the "wrong" (for your use case) file descriptor, and leave all
the other grep work to whatever the currently installed "real" grep does.

-- 
                Paul Jackson
                pj <at> usa.net

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