From owner-freebsd-current Tue Dec 7 7:14:44 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from relay.nuxi.com (nuxi.cs.ucdavis.edu [169.237.7.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8946C14BE7 for ; Tue, 7 Dec 1999 07:14:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (root@d60-025.leach.ucdavis.edu [169.237.60.25]) by relay.nuxi.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id HAA38333; Tue, 7 Dec 1999 07:14:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.com) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id HAA59131; Tue, 7 Dec 1999 07:14:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 07:14:41 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: Sheldon Hearn Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: grep -a (-stable) Message-ID: <19991207071441.B59056@dragon.nuxi.com> Reply-To: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG References: <71749.944573815@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <71749.944573815@axl.noc.iafrica.com>; from sheldonh@uunet.co.za on Tue, Dec 07, 1999 at 03:36:55PM +0200 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD group X-PGP-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Keyid: 34F9F9D5 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Dec 07, 1999 at 03:36:55PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > Que? I've used grep -a since the update to grep 2.3 and haven't > noticed any strange behavior from the -a option. You are in for a *BIG* surprise next time you hit a binary file. You really should read what "-a" is now about in the man page. Lets just say "-a" now does the opposite of what you think it does. -- -- David (obrien@NUXI.com) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message