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bug#20088: -a changes whether a match is found
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Jim Meyering |
Subject: |
bug#20088: -a changes whether a match is found |
Date: |
Wed, 11 Mar 2015 10:38:28 -0700 |
--text (-a) is documented to change only the output, not grep's exit status.
Yet, it does change the exit status here:
$ printf "a\0b\n" | LC_ALL=C src/grep -la a.b; echo $?
(standard input)
0
$ printf "a\0b\n" | LC_ALL=C src/grep -l a.b; echo $?
1
Noted by Andreas Schwab in https://bugs.gnu.org/20080.
- bug#20088: -a changes whether a match is found,
Jim Meyering <=