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Date:      18 Mar 2005 10:22:15 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        martinko <martinkov@pobox.sk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: strange behaviour : grep -i --colour ""
Message-ID:  <44acp1568o.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <4239CB4B.8090209@pobox.sk>
References:  <4239CB4B.8090209@pobox.sk>

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martinko <martinkov@pobox.sk> writes:

> hello,
> 
> i've just found out that while 'grep -i ""' and 'grep --colour ""'
> behave as expected (by myself), running 'grep -i --colour ""' results
> in very strange behaviour - grep consumes all available cpu and, based
> on its input and terminal type, its output is definitely not what it
> should be.
> 
> is this a known issue pls (i couldn't find anything about it) or am i
> just missing something ?
> 
> regards,
> 
> martin
> 
> ps: observed on freebsd 5.3r-p5

I can't reproduce it on yesterday's -STABLE...



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