> Please don't change the algorithm to deduce which files are binary.
> It was the subject of much design discussion in the GNU project, and
> is fairly consistent across other GNU applications.
Sounds reasonable.
> The -CURRENT grep is also very misleading w/ ``grep -l'' in that
> you will get "hits" on binary files because you can't see that "is
> a binary file" message to know better.
>
> I find it useful to see the names of all files matching the pattern.
Yes, but I find saying all binary files match a pattern, weird.
$ grep i /COPYRIGHT /kernel
/COPYRIGHT:All of the documentation and software included in the
..snip..
Binary file /kernel matches
Upto FreeBSD 4.0, we used Grep version 2.0 and added the "-a" which made
grep ignore binary files.
$ grep-2.0 -a i /COPYRIGHT /kernel
/COPYRIGHT:All of the documentation and software included in the
..snip..
I prefere this and it just seems right to ignore binary files. But its
not so bad since I can read the "Binary".
But using the "-l" flag will give:
$ grep -l i /COPYRIGHT /kernel
/COPYRIGHT
/kernel
which I find very misleading. Would it be possible to either ignore
binary files when "-l" is in affect. OR to add an ignore binary file
flag (like FreeBSD has in 2.x and 3.x)?
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-- David ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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