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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
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Subject: Re: grep -a (-stable) 
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On Tue, 07 Dec 1999 07:14:41 PST, "David O'Brien" wrote:

> 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.

Ah wunnerful.  So this is why we always argue for days on end about the
inclusion of new options in existing utilities. :-)

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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