Sebastian Benoit(be...@openbsd.org) on 2021.01.25 00:27:05 +0100:
> Theo de Raadt(dera...@openbsd.org) on 2021.01.24 16:01:32 -0700:
> > Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org> wrote:
> >
> > > On 2021/01/24 12:10, Theo de Raadt wrote:
> > > > I completely despise that the option is called "--null".
> > > >
> > > > Someone was a complete idiot.
> > >
> > > gnu grep has both --null and -z for this (why do they do that?!).
> > > If it's added as --null it should be added as -z too.
> > >
> > > Looking at Debian codesearch most things using it as --null use other
> > > long options that we don't have. Maybe just adding as -z would be
> > > enough. It does seem a useful and fairly widely supported feature.
> >
> > Yes, maybe just add -z.
>
> Actually it's "-Z, --null". The lowercase -z in gnu grep is
>
> -z, --null-data
> Treat input and output data as sequences of lines, each
> terminated by a zero byte (the ASCII NUL character) instead of
> a newline. Like the -Z or --null option, this option can be
> used with commands like sort-z to process arbitrary file
> names.
And we already have -z for "force grep to behave as zgrep".
Diff below with tedu@ suggestion and changed manpage text.
>
> Note that we have the -z in sort(1), which at least is consistent.
> That also is a non-posix extension.
>
> > > Should have been -0 to match xargs and be similar to find's -print0
> > > but it's too late for that now.
> >
> > Yes it should have been -0.
> >
> > But unfortunately some an uneducated idiot got involved. None of this
> > is standardized. Unix script portability is being ruined by idiots, not
> > just the people proposing it or writing it originally, but also the people
> > who don't say "wrong" quickly enough. And much of this is because of
> > intentional development silos.
diff --git usr.bin/grep/grep.1 usr.bin/grep/grep.1
index 5cc228df222..e1edae7e432 100644
--- usr.bin/grep/grep.1
+++ usr.bin/grep/grep.1
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
.Op Fl -context Ns Op = Ns Ar num
.Op Fl -label Ns = Ns Ar name
.Op Fl -line-buffered
+.Op Fl -null
.Op Ar pattern
.Op Ar
.Ek
@@ -297,6 +298,16 @@ instead of the filename before lines.
Force output to be line buffered.
By default, output is line buffered when standard output is a terminal
and block buffered otherwise.
+.It Fl -null
+Output a zero byte instead of the character that normally follows a
+file name.
+This option makes the output unambiguous, even in the presence of file
+names containing unusual characters like newlines, making the output
+suitable for use with the
+.Fl 0
+option to
+.Xr xargs 1 .
+This option is a non-POSIX extension and may not be portable.
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
The
diff --git usr.bin/grep/grep.c usr.bin/grep/grep.c
index f41b5e20ca6..279d949fae7 100644
--- usr.bin/grep/grep.c
+++ usr.bin/grep/grep.c
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ int vflag; /* -v: only show non-matching lines */
int wflag; /* -w: pattern must start and end on word boundaries */
int xflag; /* -x: pattern must match entire line */
int lbflag; /* --line-buffered */
+int nullflag; /* --null */
const char *labelname; /* --label=name */
int binbehave = BIN_FILE_BIN;
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ enum {
HELP_OPT,
MMAP_OPT,
LINEBUF_OPT,
+ NULL_OPT,
LABEL_OPT,
};
@@ -134,6 +136,7 @@ static const struct option long_options[] =
{"mmap", no_argument, NULL, MMAP_OPT},
{"label", required_argument, NULL, LABEL_OPT},
{"line-buffered", no_argument, NULL, LINEBUF_OPT},
+ {"null", no_argument, NULL, NULL_OPT},
{"after-context", required_argument, NULL, 'A'},
{"before-context", required_argument, NULL, 'B'},
{"context", optional_argument, NULL, 'C'},
@@ -436,6 +439,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
case LINEBUF_OPT:
lbflag = 1;
break;
+ case NULL_OPT:
+ nullflag = 1;
+ break;
case HELP_OPT:
default:
usage();
diff --git usr.bin/grep/grep.h usr.bin/grep/grep.h
index b3d24ae662b..37e295d4d40 100644
--- usr.bin/grep/grep.h
+++ usr.bin/grep/grep.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ extern int cflags, eflags;
extern int Aflag, Bflag, Eflag, Fflag, Hflag, Lflag,
Rflag, Zflag,
bflag, cflag, hflag, iflag, lflag, mflag, nflag, oflag, qflag,
- sflag, vflag, wflag, xflag;
+ sflag, vflag, wflag, xflag, nullflag;
extern int binbehave;
extern const char *labelname;
diff --git usr.bin/grep/util.c usr.bin/grep/util.c
index e16d08e7d85..546bd09dc3b 100644
--- usr.bin/grep/util.c
+++ usr.bin/grep/util.c
@@ -172,13 +172,13 @@ procfile(char *fn)
if (cflag) {
if (!hflag)
- printf("%s:", ln.file);
+ printf("%s%c", ln.file, nullflag ? '\0' : ':');
printf("%llu%s\n", c, overflow ? "+" : "");
}
if (lflag && c != 0)
- printf("%s\n", fn);
+ printf("%s%c", fn, nullflag ? '\0' : '\n');
if (Lflag && c == 0)
- printf("%s\n", fn);
+ printf("%s%c", fn, nullflag ? '\0' : '\n');
if (c && !cflag && !lflag && !Lflag &&
binbehave == BIN_FILE_BIN && nottext && !qflag)
printf("Binary file %s matches\n", fn);
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ printline(str_t *line, int sep, regmatch_t *pmatch)
}
if (nflag) {
if (n)
- putchar(sep);
+ putchar(nullflag ? '\0' : sep);
printf("%lld", line->line_no);
++n;
}
