From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 18 18:07:11 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7738C16A4CE for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2005 18:07:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.dkm.cz (smtp.dkm.cz [62.24.64.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E363843D1F for ; Fri, 18 Mar 2005 18:07:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from martinkov@pobox.sk) Received: (qmail 39813 invoked by uid 0); 18 Mar 2005 18:07:08 -0000 Received: from r4i114.chello.upc.cz (HELO ?84.42.136.114?) (84.42.136.114) by smtp.dkm.cz with SMTP; 18 Mar 2005 18:07:08 -0000 Message-ID: <423B18CC.2090406@pobox.sk> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 19:07:08 +0100 From: martinko User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20050220 X-Accept-Language: sk, cs, en-gb, en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: re: strange behaviour : grep -i --colour "" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 18:07:11 -0000 hi, i've just prepared a typescript for you, see below. note that the original generated file is 37984604 bytes. my system is: $ uname -a FreeBSD mb-aw1n-bsd 5.3-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE-p5 #5: Mon Feb 14 19:45:04 CET 2005 root@mb-aw1n-bsd:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MB-AW1N i386 do you have any suggestions as what i should do pls? cheers, martin -- Script started on Fri Mar 18 18:34:17 2005 You have mail. mb-aw1n-bsd:/root# mb-aw1n-bsd:/root# grep -i "" q q a a z z ^D..mb-aw1n-bsd:/root# grep --colour "" q q a a z z ^D..mb-aw1n-bsd:/root# grep -i --colour "" q .[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[ 01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01 ;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;3 1m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m .[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[ 00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00 m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m. [01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[0 1;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01; 31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31 m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m. [00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[0 <..SNIPPED..> [00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[0 0m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m .[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[ 01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01 ;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;3 1m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m .[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[ 00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00 m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m. [01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[0 1;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01; 31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31 m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m. [00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[0 0m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m .[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[ 01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[00m.[01;31m.[0^C mb-aw1n-bsd:/root# mb-aw1n-bsd:/root# ^D..exit Script done on Fri Mar 18 18:35:15 2005