Karl Berry <k...@freefriends.org> wrote: > Another (orthogonal) idea: provide a configure-time option to make the > default be the equivalent of -a. I wouldn't argue that it should be the > default (though I wouldn't argue against it either :), but such an > option would make it easy for those of us who just want grep to be grep, > and not be affected by the binary/text detection heuristics. -k
Hear, hear! I heartily agree. I think it should be the default; this is a case where meeting user expectations should outweigh being POSIXly correct. Just think how it will cut down the number of bug reports about this ... :-) Arnold
