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bug#17763: grep --exclude does not match files as documented in man page
From: |
ANDREUX Hugues |
Subject: |
bug#17763: grep --exclude does not match files as documented in man page |
Date: |
Thu, 12 Jun 2014 12:05:52 +0000 |
It seems file globbing as done by 'grep --exclude' is broken when wildcards are
used.
$ echo foo >bar
$ grep --exclude='.*' . ./bar
$ grep --exclude='.*' . bar
foo
Expected behavior: grep -exclude should not exclude bar, whether it is prefixed
by ./ or not. According to the man page:
" --exclude=GLOB
Skip files whose *base name* matches GLOB (using wildcard
matching). [...]"
This behavior seems to only occur with whenever a directory component of the
file path matches the GLOB, e.g.:
$ grep --exclude '.*' . ../bar
$ grep --exclude '.*' . .../bar
$ grep --exclude '.*' . .TEST/bar
$ grep --exclude '.*' . hugues/.TEST/bar
The bug triggers with other globs, unless there is no wildcard:
$ grep --exclude 'w*' . work/bar
$ grep --exclude 'work' . work/bar
foo
Regards,
Hugues Andreux
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