[debbugs-tracker] bug#24347: closed (Bug when grepping a text file with some arbitrary binary data)

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Bug when grepping a text file with some arbitrary binary data Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 19:26:28 -0700

Hello,

Please consider to fix a bug. I'd found it while parsing my huge logs and I was able to localize it to grep's version and small test file

Affected versions:
v2.23 - v2.25 && recent master

Steps to reproduce (use the attached test file):
./grep 31325 test

Actual result:
08-31 17:59:47.844 31325 31398 I ServerResponse2: [afm::msg] parse():  parse bytes, salt=qpih6vh1ck, decoded:
Binary file test matches

Expected result:
A full output of the test file since all lines matches 31325

The versions v2.22 and below are not affected and produces the full file output as expected

Thank you!

Regards,
Alex

test
Description: Binary data

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> Alexey Dubovkin wrote:
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> Since you are running 'grep' in a picky locale where that file is not a text 
> file, grep treats the file as binary data. If you want the file to be treated as 
> text, then set the locale to something more generous, or use grep -a. Either of 
> the following shell commands should work with grep 2.25:
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> LC_ALL=C grep 31325 test
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> grep -a 31325 test
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