Unexpected results from grep 2.6.3-1

Christopher Faylor cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please@cygwin.com
Mon Aug 30 23:09:00 GMT 2010


On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 01:22:48PM -0700, Robert Ross wrote:
>With grep 2.6.3-1, the following produces no output:
>
>echo "Hello world" > hi
>/bin/grep --include='*' 'world' *
>
>With grep 2.5.4-2, the output is "Hello world".

It does seem strange but, if it's a bug, it's also evident
on linux.

FWIW,

grep --include='./*' world *

works.

The grep bug reporting page is here:

http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=grep

if you want to report it.

cgf

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