grep - Bugs: bug #9668, Interpreting '-' specially not...
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bug #9668: Interpreting '-' specially not allowed by POSIX?
Submitter: | Tim Waugh <twaugh> | ||
Submitted: | Fri 16 Jul 2004 02:14:17 PM UTC | ||
Category: | None | Severity: | 3 - Normal |
Item Group: | None | Status: | Wont Fix |
Privacy: | Public | Assigned to: | None |
Open/Closed: | Closed |
Tue 18 Mar 2008 05:16:30 PM UTC, comment #2: |
Mike Frysinger <vapier> |
Tue 18 Mar 2008 04:03:55 PM UTC, comment #1: By a strict interpretation of that sentence, 'grep foo /dev/stdin' would also be forbidden. |
Ed Avis <epaepa> |
Fri 16 Jul 2004 02:14:17 PM UTC, original submission:
I was surprised to read this in the Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, concerning grep(1):
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Tim Waugh <twaugh> |
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the GNU project already in general treats '-' as stdin as well as handles /dev/... pieces sanely. that specific part of POSIX is simply ignored. see discussion on the GNU tar mailing list for more info.