On 2023/05/31 17:38, Paul Eggert wrote:
On 2023-05-30 14:01, g...@tlinx.org wrote:
Why is finding the desired text in a binary file not a "positive finding"
as it is in a text file?
But it is a positive finding. Grep exits with zero status, which is a
positive result.
There is n
On 6/1/23 07:50, L A Walsh wrote:
I thought binary files were skipped, by default
They're not. The '--binary-files=without-match' option enables that
behavior. With that option, this issue doesn't come up.
if they want to scan binary files as
well as text, then positive results should be pr
On 2023/06/01 14:18, Paul Eggert wrote:
On 6/1/23 07:50, L A Walsh wrote:
I thought binary files were skipped, by default
They're not. The '--binary-files=without-match' option enables that
behavior. With that option, this issue doesn't come up.
if they want to scan binary files as
well
