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bug#28334: A gnu extension for gnu grep
From: |
Camion SPAM |
Subject: |
bug#28334: A gnu extension for gnu grep |
Date: |
Sun, 3 Sep 2017 00:47:16 +0000 (UTC) |
Hello,
for the use with xargs -0, gnu find has a -print0 option allowing the user to
process files even having the <LF> character in their name. however, in one
wants to make à check on the content, this doesn't work anymore : One can write
find <DIR> <CONDITIONS> -print0 | xargs -0 grep -l <REGEXP> | tr '\n' '\0' |
xargs -0 ...to have de second xargs allows files with <SP> or other special
characters in their names, but this won't work with files with <LF> in their
name.
For this reason, I suggest we add a gnu --print0 option to grep (to be used
with -l) which will separate the filenames produced with grep -l, with <NULL>
characters instead of <LF> characters, in order to allow the correct processing
of files with a <LF> in their names.
One might object that making a file with an <LF> character in it's name is
stupid, but it is always possible to create one by mistake, juste with a wrong
quote matching in shell commands or scripts.
Best regards,
Camion
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