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bug#28102: additional examples


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: bug#28102: additional examples
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2019 09:22:46 -0700
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On 11/2/19 6:04 AM, josef radinger wrote:
3 examples:

*) grepping for X with in a wide enough xterm
*) a problematic xterm:
**) grepping without color -> correct
**) grepping with color -> missing characters from the result

pasteing the result shows that there "is" no X in the result.

Surely this is a bug in xterm, not in grep. Try this:

ps auxww | grep --color=always X >foo
cat foo

If you still see the problem, look at foo this way:

od -cx foo

and see what color-change commands 'grep' is issuing.





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