P.S. That problem does not exists in 2.5.4.
AS 2017-02-15 22:36 GMT-06:00 Alexey Shipunov <dactylorh...@gmail.com>: > Dear Madam or Sir, > > That problem almost ruined my work today. > > I made the following note to myself but you might be also interested: > > === > current grep (2.25) is much faster than 2.5.4 from Lucid but SKIPS > "binary" lines in ssconvert output, freshly compiled grep 3.0 skips > less but still does it. Workaround: look for "binary match" phrase in > the end of file and apply grep -a. Report to > https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/manual/html_node/Reporting-Bugs.html > ? > > === > > The file of question (gzipped) is attached. > > My system: > > === > $ uname -a > Linux ... 4.4.0-62-generic #83-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 18 14:10:15 UTC 2017 > x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > === > > Commands which reproduce the problem: > > === > grep . usa-format.txt > 1 > grep -a . usa-format.txt > 2 > diff 1 2 > === > > Again, the problem exists with both Ubuntu Xenial default grep 2.25 > and new grep 3.0 > > With best wishes, > > Alexey Shipunov
