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bug#30326: grep not searching through a text file (thinking it binary)


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: bug#30326: grep not searching through a text file (thinking it binary)
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2018 08:50:37 -0800
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On 02/05/2018 08:05 AM, Paul Jackson wrote:
If one goal of the  current grep behavior is to avoid putting out
"junk" unexpectedly, then instead of rejecting input files that
have any such "junk", rather happily grep on any dang file, by
default, but then filter the output to suppress the "junk".

We've done that already, if memory serves.






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