GNU grep vs. Unix grep

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From: "Karl Berry."
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1989 23:56

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As I just found out from trying to compile GDB 3.0,

grep 'T x'

is treated differently in Unix and GNU grep: the former looks
for the pattern T-space-x on stdin, the latter looks for the pattern
T in the file x.

Karl.   karl@umb.edu

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