Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 12:05:56 -0600 From: Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org> To: Jonesy <SPAM_TRAP_gmane@jonz.net> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: grep -b, --byte-offset returns 0 Message-ID: <CACNAnaGC7_Xa51J83vCmo3%2BroyVzg5h6uTj3azZD_jY4OxMQkw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <slrnqu3d1q.40b.SPAM_TRAP_gmane@vps.jonz.net> References: <slrnqu3d1q.40b.SPAM_TRAP_gmane@vps.jonz.net>
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On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 12:03 PM Jonesy via freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> wrote: > > (I'm not sure if I can post to this list via nntp/gmane...) > > grep'ping for a byte offset always returns 0 for the result. > Searching "FreeBSD Bugzilla =E2=80=93 Bug List" shows no other reports. > > Ubuntu 16.04: > > jonesy@nix5:~$ a=3D'now is the time for all good men to come to the aid o= f the party' > jonesy@nix5:~$ echo $a | grep -b -o good > 24:good > > > FreeBSD 12.1 > > [jonz~]a=3D'now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the pa= rty' > [jonz~]echo $a | grep -b -o good > 0:good > > I have just now created a login at bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ > and reported this bug there, but I am unsure if I did it all > correctly. :-) > > Can someone confirm my findings? I can confirm: # echo 'now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party' | gnugrep -bo good 0:good This is a non-issue in bsdgrep, FWIW: # echo 'now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party' | bsdgrep -bo good 24:good I hope to soon find more time to push us closer towards a bsdgrep default, because gnugrep does not look good on us in many cases. =3D-( Thanks, Kyle Evans
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