Re: The -h parameter spits out lines with filenames

[Tony Abou-Assaleh]

Fred . wrote:
> # 2.3 mb
> fgrep --recursive "//" * > comments-1.txt
>
> # 3.8 mb
> fgrep -h --recursive "//" * > comments-2.txt
>
> $ wc -l comments-1.txt
> 30123 comments-1.txt
>
> $ wc -l comments-2.txt
> 61708 comments-2.txt
>
> I did this on the Linux kernel source.
> Why does the -h parameter make it spit out over twice as many lines?
>
> For the first 5845 lines it works correctly. After that it starts
> spitting the lines with filenames.
> arch/s390/appldata/appldata.h:11://#define APPLDATA_DEBUG                       
> /* Debug
> messages on/off */
> arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/time.c:200://static unsigned short myjiff;
> /* used by our debug routine print_timestamp */
> arch/parisc/kernel/real2.S:280: /*
> http://lists.parisc-linux.org/hypermail/parisc-linux/10916.html
>
> Then it stops at line 37430 with the filenames and resumes to printing
> lines without the filenames until end of file.
>
> Not sure if this is a bug, or me being stupid.

Hi Fred.

Thanks for your report. What version of grep are you using and on which 
system/distribution?

Can you try it with the latest version from ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/grep 
and let us know if the problem persists?

Cheers,

TAA

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