Re: problem with grep

[Julian Foad]

Damotharan, Suresh (GE Trans, Non-US, Non-GE) wrote:
> Hi,
>    Can you please specify the usage for grep
> I went thru the manpage for grep

This is not a bug.

The bit of the man page that you need is:

       --binary-files=TYPE
              If  the  first few bytes of a file indicate that the file con-­
              tains binary data, assume that the file is of type  TYPE.   By
              default,  TYPE  is  binary, and grep normally outputs either a
              one-line message saying that a binary file matches, or no mes-­
              sage  if  there  is  no match.  If TYPE is without-match, grep
              assumes that a binary file does not match; this is  equivalent
              to  the  -I  option.  If TYPE is text, grep processes a binary
              file as if it were text; this is equivalent to the -a  option.
              Warning: grep --binary-files=text might output binary garbage,
              which can have nasty side effects if the output is a  terminal
              and  if the terminal driver interprets some of it as commands.

- Julian

> I am using the following command
>
> grep -A 10 "PROBLEM SUMMARY - by type" icdsb.rpt
>
> I am getting the output as Binary file icdsb.rpt matches not the next 10
> lines after the line "PROBLEM SUMMARY -by type"
>
> Please note that my input file has two lines matching for the after
> context....
> Can you please comment on this.