GNU bug report logs - #63780
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��º 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 22:44:26 -0500

... or if you're really just looking for which files to backup, based on the contents of those files matching some regex pattern, consider using the "grep -l", aka "grep --files-with-matches", option.  It might be a wee bit faster or less consumptive of file system buffers on large files that have at least one match early on, and based on my 20 seconds of testing just now, it (grep -l) examines all files, whether binary or not, unlike the default grep, which without the -l option chooses not to search binary files, and complains (now on stderr) instead.

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                Paul Jackson
                pj <at> usa.net

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