bug#35960: grep execution hagns and does not display any output

2019-05-28 Thread Paul Jackson
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bug#35960: grep execution hagns and does not display any output

2019-05-28 Thread Gary Johnson
On 2019-05-28, Victor Puertas Carreto wrote: > Dear gnu team, > > I do not receive any output when executing the following grep > command: > $ grep -H get_excel_report.py > > I checked the usage of the command (see field attached > grepHelp.jpg). No information is displayed after the execution.

bug#35960: grep execution hagns and does not display any output

2019-05-28 Thread Paul Jackson
Perhaps the file "get_excel_report.py" is not a regular file, or perhaps that file is on a non-responsive network file system? See if the following command also hangs: $ wc -l get_excel_report.py See what the "ls -l" and/or "stat" commands do on the same file. Do they hang? Do they report a fif