[Bug 1071447] Re: [bug] grep -r [ with / without piping ]

[Ma Xiaojun]

Have you checked the NEWS file?

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grep.git/tree/NEWS#n162

I don't think it is a bug, it is a feature that break some current
script/habit unfortunately.

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Title:
  [bug] grep -r [ with / without piping ]

Status in “grep” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Hello,

  1) Description:	Ubuntu 12.10
  Release:	12.10

  2) grep:
    Installed: 2.12-2
    Candidate: 2.12-2
    Version table:
   *** 2.12-2 0
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main i386 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  3) grep -r <grep-text> should not give any output if i do not specify path of file, and also cat tejasbarot.txt | grep -r "tejasbarot"
  should not give any output if there is no matching text in tejas.txt

  4)Let's say, There is one text file called tejasbarot.txt and written
  text "tejasbarot.com" in that file, Now If I execute grep -in
  "tejasbarot" and Press Enter it is pausing on terminal and Not
  executing command,This is expected behavior.

  But If I execute grep -r "tejasbarot123" without specifying file's
  path it is searching in Current Working Directory and if i am search
  in this way cat tejasbarot.txt | grep -r "tejasbarot123" even if its
  not matching the text it is trying to search in all files of current
  working directory.

  So I feel that specifying -r with grep command is not providing
  correct result. This is very basic package and consider as major bug
  of grep.

  Expecting very quick fix on the same.

  Thanks & Regards,
  Tejas Barot
  http://www.tejasbarot.com
  http://linuxforums.tejasbarot.com

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