[bug #23334] interrupted "grep --color" might leave the terminal in "colored" state

[Robert Millan]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?23334>

                 Summary: interrupted "grep --color" might leave the terminal
in "colored" state
                 Project: grep
            Submitted by: robertmh
            Submitted on: Friday 05/23/08 at 19:16
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any

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Details:

If you were running "grep --color" over a large file or directory, and
interrupt it with ^C, there's a chance your terminal is left being purple or
red.

Would be nice if a signal hook reset color to normal (provided that isatty(1)
of course).





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