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From: "Sean C. Farley" <scf@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: grep
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On Thu, 29 Dec 2011, Randy Bush wrote:

> bsdgrep works, grep does not
>
> % echo foo | bsdgrep foo
> foo
> % echo foo | grep foo
> %

Make sure you do not have an alias or function for grep.  I have once or 
twice in the past inadvertently created aliases or functions for grep 
that did nothing.

That was a fun experience trying to find out why grep was ignoring me. 
;)

Sean
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