bug#42623: fgrep -x -f problem

2020-07-30 Thread Arthur Goldberg
Hi Gnu grep folks I believe that fgrep -x -f file file should output the contents of `file`. However, it outputs something very different for the attached file. command: fgrep -x -f dfba.py dfba.py > actual_output.txt versions: $ uname -a Linux 8845f126fe89 4.19.76-linuxkit #1 SMP Thu Oct

bug#42623: fgrep -x -f problem

2020-07-30 Thread Paul Eggert
On 7/30/20 9:16 AM, Arthur Goldberg wrote: fgrep -x -f dfba.py dfba.py > actual_output.txt That command works just fine for me with the file you attached. That is, this command: fgrep -x -f dfba.py dfba.py | cmp - dfba.py outputs nothing, as expected. This is on Ubuntu 18.04.4 which has fg