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Bug Report: Unexpected Termination of grep Process

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From: Joseph Joshua <okikijoshua123 <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-grep <at> gnu.org
Subject: Bug Report: Unexpected Termination of grep Process
Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 14:42:03 +0100

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Dear GNU Grep Maintainers,

I have upgraded to GNU grep version 3.11 and re-ran the test.
Unfortunately, the issue persists. Below are the detailed steps and the
transcript of the commands and their outputs:

### System Information:
- **Grep Version**: 3.11
- **Operating System**: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
- **Memory**:
  - Total RAM: 2.7 GiB
  - Used RAM: 1.8 GiB
  - Free RAM: 594 MiB
  - Shared: 64 MiB
  - Buff/Cache: 331 MiB
  - Available: 926 MiB
  - Swap: Not configured

### Steps to Reproduce:

1. **Directory Listing**:
    ```bash
    $ ls -l /path/to/directory
    total 4
    -rw-r--r-- 1 user user  20 May 17 12:34 file1.txt
    -rw-r--r-- 1 user user  15 May 17 12:34 file2.txt
    drwxr-xr-x 2 user user 4096 May 17 12:34 subdir
    ```

2. **Command Execution with Specific Pattern**:
    ```bash
    $ grep -r 'specific_pattern' /path/to/directory
    ```

3. **Output and Errors**:
    ```plaintext
    $ script -c "grep -r 'specific_pattern' /path/to/directory" output.log
    Script started, file is output.log
    The build failed because the process exited too early. This probably
means the system ran out of memory or someone called `kill -9` on the
process.
    Usage: grep [OPTION]... PATTERNS [FILE]...
    Try 'grep --help' for more information.
    Script done, file is output.log
    ```

Please let me know if further information is required to diagnose and
resolve this issue.

Thank you for your assistance.

Yours faithfully,
Joshua
09023556682
okikijoshua123 <at> gmail.com

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Joseph Joshua <okikijoshua123 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 71079 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#71013: Bug Report: Unexpected Termination of grep Process
Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 08:04:03 -0700

On 2024-05-17 05:52, Joseph Joshua wrote:
> 1. Run the following command as part of a build process: grep -r 'pattern'
> /path/to/directory

Please give us a way to reproduce the bug; including the actual pattern 
that you're using. Otherwise we won't be able to help.

Also, please reply to <71079 <at> debbugs.gnu.org> instead of creating a new 
bug report for each email message.

Thanks.

Message #13 received at 71079 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Dale R. Worley" <worley <at> alum.mit.edu>
To: Joseph Joshua <okikijoshua123 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 71079 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#71079: Bug Report: Unexpected Termination of grep Process
Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 14:02:46 -0400

Joseph Joshua <okikijoshua123 <at> gmail.com> writes:
    $ ls -l /path/to/directory
    total 4
    -rw-r--r-- 1 user user  20 May 17 12:34 file1.txt
    -rw-r--r-- 1 user user  15 May 17 12:34 file2.txt
    drwxr-xr-x 2 user user 4096 May 17 12:34 subdir

Does this mean that the actual name of the directory is
/path/to/directory, or is that a placeholder for the real name?
Although that isn't likely to matter much.

And since you're running "grep -r" and grep is looking into files in
subdirectories, for completeness, what is "ls -alR"?

> 3. **Output and Errors**:
>     ```plaintext
>     $ script -c "grep -r 'specific_pattern' /path/to/directory" output.log
>     Script started, file is output.log
>     The build failed because the process exited too early. This probably
> means the system ran out of memory or someone called `kill -9` on the
> process.
>     Usage: grep [OPTION]... PATTERNS [FILE]...
>     Try 'grep --help' for more information.
>     Script done, file is output.log
>     ```

Can you please check whether lines containing "The build failed because
the process exited too early" or "Usage: grep" occur in any of the files
in /path/to/directory?

But as others have noted, telling us what "specific_pattern" is is
essential if we're to give you any help.

Dale

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