RH6.0 (Intel) and grep problem

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3 total messages Started by Paul Taylor Fri, 28 May 1999 00:00

#76

Author: Paul Taylor
Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 00:00

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I've just installed RedHat 6.0 on my Intel and Sparc boxes, but have 
noticed a problem with grep/fgrep/egrep on the Intel version.  Instead
of returning the matching strings, it just returns the message "binary file
<blah> matches" when a match is found.  The Sparc version works as
expected.

Has anyone else noticed this?

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Re: RH6.0 (Intel) and grep problem

#77

Author: Peter Marks
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 00:00

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Mine does the same thing *if* the file that contains the matching string is
a binary and not text file.

I guess it's a feature to not trash your screen with a "line" from the
binary file.

peter

Paul Taylor wrote in message <374E739F.93305ADD@ozemail.com.au>...
>I've just installed RedHat 6.0 on my Intel and Sparc boxes, but have
>noticed a problem with grep/fgrep/egrep on the Intel version.  Instead
>of returning the matching strings, it just returns the message "binary file
><blah> matches" when a match is found.  The Sparc version works as
>expected.
>
>Has anyone else noticed this?
>
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>   birder@ozemail.com.au                        I came, I saw, I ticked.

Re: RH6.0 (Intel) and grep problem

#78

Author: Paul Taylor
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 00:00

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Peter Marks wrote:
> Paul Taylor wrote in message <374E739F.93305ADD@ozemail.com.au>...
> >I've just installed RedHat 6.0 on my Intel and Sparc boxes, but have
> >noticed a problem with grep/fgrep/egrep on the Intel version.  Instead
> >of returning the matching strings, it just returns the message "binary file
> ><blah> matches" when a match is found.  The Sparc version works as
> >expected.
> >
> >Has anyone else noticed this?
> 
> Mine does the same thing *if* the file that contains the matching string is
> a binary and not text file.
> 
> I guess it's a feature to not trash your screen with a "line" from the
> binary file.

This would be fine if the file was binary, but it isn't.  :)  The Sparc 
version of RedHat 6.0 happy processes the same file with the same
parameters
as does Solaris.  I'm pretty sure that the Intel version of RedHat 5.2 was
happy with it too, as I only noticed the problem after upgrading a couple
of days ago.

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