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Jim Meyering |
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Changes to grep/manual/html_node/File-and-Directory-Selection.html,v |
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Mon, 02 Nov 2015 02:54:54 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /webcvs/grep
Module name: grep
Changes by: Jim Meyering <meyering> 15/11/02 02:54:37
Index: html_node/File-and-Directory-Selection.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/grep/grep/manual/html_node/File-and-Directory-Selection.html,v
retrieving revision 1.20
retrieving revision 1.21
diff -u -b -r1.20 -r1.21
--- html_node/File-and-Directory-Selection.html 23 Nov 2014 22:23:31 -0000
1.20
+++ html_node/File-and-Directory-Selection.html 2 Nov 2015 02:54:33 -0000
1.21
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
<html lang="en">
<head>
-<title>File and Directory Selection - GNU Grep 2.21</title>
+<title>File and Directory Selection - GNU Grep 2.22</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
-<meta name="description" content="GNU Grep 2.21">
+<meta name="description" content="GNU Grep 2.22">
<meta name="generator" content="makeinfo 4.13">
<link title="Top" rel="start" href="index.html#Top">
<link rel="up" href="Command_002dline-Options.html#Command_002dline-Options"
title="Command-line Options">
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
<!--
This manual is for `grep', a pattern matching engine.
-Copyright (C) 1999--2002, 2005, 2008--2014 Free Software Foundation,
+Copyright (C) 1999-2002, 2005, 2008-2015 Free Software Foundation,
Inc.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
span.roman { font-family:serif; font-weight:normal; }
span.sansserif { font-family:sans-serif; font-weight:normal; }
--></style>
+<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/software/gnulib/manual.css">
</head>
<body>
<div class="node">
@@ -55,12 +56,18 @@
or if its data read before a line is selected for output,
indicate that the file contains binary data,
assume that the file is of type <var>type</var>.
-By default, <var>type</var> is ‘<samp><span
class="samp">binary</span></samp>’,
+Non-text bytes indicate binary data; these are either data bytes
+improperly encoded for the current locale, or null bytes when the
+<samp><span class="option">-z</span></samp> (<samp><span
class="option">--null-data</span></samp>) option is not given (see <a
href="Other-Options.html#Other-Options">Other Options</a>).
+
+ <p>By default, <var>type</var> is ‘<samp><span
class="samp">binary</span></samp>’,
and <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> normally outputs either
a one-line message saying that a binary file matches,
or no message if there is no match.
-When matching binary data, <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> may
treat non-text
-bytes as line terminators.
+When processing binary data, <samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp>
may treat non-text bytes
+as line terminators; for example, the pattern ‘<samp><span
class="samp">.</span></samp>’ (period) might
+not match a null byte, as the null byte might be treated as a line
+terminator even without the <samp><span class="option">-z</span></samp>
(<samp><span class="option">--null-data</span></samp>) option.
<p>If <var>type</var> is ‘<samp><span
class="samp">without-match</span></samp>’,
<samp><span class="command">grep</span></samp> assumes that a binary file does
not match;
@@ -123,6 +130,7 @@
read and process all files in that directory, recursively.
Follow symbolic links on the command line, but skip symlinks
that are encountered recursively.
+Note that if no file operand is given, grep searches the working directory.
This is the same as the ‘<samp><span
class="samp">--directories=recurse</span></samp>’ option.
<br><dt><samp><span class="option">-R</span></samp><dt><samp><span
class="option">--dereference-recursive</span></samp><dd><a
name="index-g_t_002dR-121"></a><a
name="index-g_t_002d_002ddereference_002drecursive-122"></a><a
name="index-recursive-search-123"></a><a
name="index-searching-directory-trees-124"></a><a
name="index-symbolic-links-125"></a>For each directory operand, read and
process all files in that
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