On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 5:21 AM, Holger Then wrote:
> If grep searches through a line that is longer than
> INT_MAX (= 2147483647) characters, then grep causes
...
> $ tail -c 2147483647 grep_bug.txt | grep -e 1 | wc
> 1 8385663 2147483647
> $ tail -c 2147483648 grep_bug.txt | grep -e 1 | wc
If grep searches through a line that is longer than
INT_MAX (= 2147483647) characters, then grep causes
a segmentation fault.
Interestingly this bug does not occur with fgrep or
with grep -F
Kind regards,
Holger
$ wc grep_bug.txt
1 12200610 3281667946 grep_bug.txt
$ fgrep -e 1 grep_
