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bug#28682: Possible bug in conflict between -m and -A


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: bug#28682: Possible bug in conflict between -m and -A
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 11:23:27 -0700
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On 10/02/2017 11:00 PM, Jesse Eedrah wrote:
Hi there! I have potentially found a suprising result when I use the grep
options -m and -A together.

I don't see why it's a surprise: it's the behavior I would expect. -m 2 means that only the first two Hello lines are considered to match, and the next Hello line is part of the trailing context.






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