Subject: bug#71079: Bug Report: Unexpected Termination of grep Process

From: Joseph Joshua <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 14:42:03 +0100

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
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