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bug#47649: grep bug report - improper handling of file symlinks with -r
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From: |
Jim Meyering |
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bug#47649: grep bug report - improper handling of file symlinks with -r option |
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Date: |
Sat, 7 Aug 2021 11:19:04 -0700 |
On Sat, Aug 7, 2021 at 4:43 AM Chris Drake <cryptophoto@gmail.com> wrote:
> Looks like the -r and -R got mixed up?
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> What is now the "-R" behaves the same way as the original "-r", and now the
> new "-r" behaves differently.
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> For backwards-compatibility, the original behaviour should have been
> preserved, and the new feature assigned to a new switch ?
Hi Chris,
There was no mix-up, and this is not new.
This was a deliberate decision that dates back to 2012 (first release
with it was 2.12).
Sorry this causes you difficulty, but at least one other grep
implementation has -r and -R options that work this way:
https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=grep