On 10/05/2017 04:06 PM, Jesse Eedrah wrote:
# grep (GNU grep) 2.27
Ah, the problem you describe was fixed in grep 3.1; please upgrade.
Oh my, that's embarrasing. I seem to have copy-pasted badly - what I get
when I make my testing overly complicated. Here's a simpler testing suite:
I would think that by asking for 2 matching lines and 3 lines of trailing
context, I would get 3 lines no matter what, even if there was another
coinc
On 10/02/2017 11:00 PM, Jesse Eedrah wrote:
Hi there! I have potentially found a suprising result when I use the grep
options -m and -A together.
I don't see why it's a surprise: it's the behavior I would expect. -m 2
means that only the first two Hello lines are considered to match, and
the
Hi there! I have potentially found a suprising result when I use the grep
options -m and -A together. It surprised me, so let me know if I've found a
bug. It would be nice if I could contribute a fix - I'd love to contribute
to the project.
Below is bash code to replicate.
Best regards,
Jesse
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