Given the exit code of `grep` vs. `grep -v`, I expect similar results when comparing `grep -l` and `grep -L` (`--files-with-matches` / `--files-without-match`)
For at least `grep` / `grep -v` / `grep -l` when the "search" is successful, it exits `0` and when the search is unsuccessful it exits `1`. `grep -L` (`--files-without-match`) does not follow this pattern which I believe to be an oversight / bug. Consider the following: $ echo hello > f # Search is for "hello", it matches so exit code is 0 $ grep hello -- f; echo $? hello 0 # Search is for "hi", it fails to match so the exit code is 1 $ grep hi -- f; echo $? 1 # Search is for not "hi", it matches so exit code is 0 $ grep -v hi -- f; echo $? hello 0 # Search is for not "hello", it fails to match so the exit code is 1 $ grep -v hello -- f; echo $? 1 # Search is for filenames containing hello, it matches so exit code is 0 $ grep -l hello -- f; echo $? f 0 # Search is for filenames containing hi, it fails to match so exit code is 1 $ grep -l hi -- f; echo $? 1 # Search is for filenames not containing hi, this search is successful **but it exits 1** $ grep -L hi -- f; echo $? f 1 # Search is for filenames not containing hello, this search fails **but it exits 0** $ grep -L hello -- f; echo $? 0 Anthony
