GNU bug report logs - #73360
Error when a long list is provided to grep with "--binary-files=without-match" option

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Rodrigo Jorge <rodrigoaraujorge <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 14:29:04 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: jackson <at> fastmail.com
To: "Rodrigo Jorge" <rodrigoaraujorge <at> gmail.com>, "David G. Pickett" <dgpickett <at> aol.com>
Cc: "73360 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <73360 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#73360: Error when a long list is provided to grep with "--binary-files=without-match" option
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 22:31:30 -0500

Rodrigo wrote:

>> [user <at> server folder]$ cat /tmp/file.list | xargs -n 2872 grep -Il '.' | wc -l
>> 23403

Since this problem is reproduced using that particular /tmp/file.list,
therefore if that file.list does not contain any confidential information,
and if you chose to let all of us see that file.list, then any of us should
be able to easily reproduce this problem.

-- 
  Paul Jackson
  jackson <at> fastmail.fm
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