> No, as that would mean the default output of grep would not be text, and this could mess up terminals etc. This is partly why -a has never been the default. If you want -a behavior you can use -a.
Ok, thanks for the clarification. My best., Jeff On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 6:59 AM Paul Eggert <egg...@cs.ucla.edu> wrote: > On 7/28/19 3:04 AM, Jeff Chua wrote: > > Then if it's binary file, grep should default to "-a" > > No, as that would mean the default output of grep would not be text, and > this could mess up terminals etc. This is partly why -a has never been > the default. If you want -a behavior you can use -a. > >
