Re: BUG: grep --color -i

[Benno Schulenberg]

Kenneth Nellis wrote:
> Below, I offer commands and their output to demonstrate that 
> “grep --color -i” misses some of the strings it should highlight.

This particular bug has been fixed in CVS:

$ src/grep --version | src/grep --color -i -e copy -e free
Copyright (C) 1988, 1992-2002, 2004, 2005  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO

The colors don't show here, but all four matches are red.

Thanks for reporting.  We are awaiting a release.

Benno