https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=210607
--- Comment #5 from John Baldwin <j...@freebsd.org> --- Pipe your non "-e" results through hd to see what I mean about -b not adding a prefix. Right now, this will omit blank lines: cat -b < foo | grep -v '^$' because "plain" 'cat -b' doesn't modify the content of blank lines. Right now, 'cat -be' only modifies each line by adding the trailing '$', it does not insert extra whitespace. The problem is that I think arguments can be made for both interpretations, so I would err on the side of not changing things since you risk breaking existing scripts/setups. I do think we should be more clear in documenting. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. _______________________________________________ freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-bugs To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-bugs-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
