[Bug 2064165] Re: When I used the wrong flag in a command I received very unusual output:

[Paul White]

** Package changed: ubuntu => grep (Ubuntu)

** Tags added: jammy

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Title:
  When I used the wrong flag in a command I received very unusual
  output:

Status in grep package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When I used the wrong flag in a command I received very unusual
  output:

  ( I was trying to prevent the colorization of the grep output )

  administrator at updatestestsvr:~$ sudo dmesg |grep -i -nocolor cpu
  LinuxTestRemoteOffice.zip
  lscpu-out.txt
  directsetup/UEMSAgent.msi
  directsetup/UEMSLinuxAgent.zip
  directsetup/UEMS_LinuxAgent.bin
  directsetup/UEMSMacAgent.zip
  QualysCloudAgent.deb
  .bash_history
  testorgmainoffice06f8c4-5.7.8836-installer-x86-64.deb
  .config/htop/htoprc
  administrator at updatestestsvr:~$

  ------

  Compare with the output of ls -la of current directory:

  administrator at updatestestsvr:~$ ls -la
  total 110680
  drwxr-x--- 6 administrator administrator     4096 Apr 22 15:03 .
  drwxr-xr-x 3 root          root              4096 Apr 18 08:09 ..
  -rw------- 1 administrator administrator     8019 Apr 25 17:00 .bash_history
  -rw-r--r-- 1 administrator administrator      220 Jan  6  2022 .bash_logout
  -rw-r--r-- 1 administrator administrator     3771 Jan  6  2022 .bashrc
  drwx------ 2 administrator administrator     4096 Apr 18 08:13 .cache
  drwx------ 4 administrator administrator     4096 Apr 18 16:15 .config
  drwxrwxr-x 2 administrator administrator     4096 Apr 19 11:03 directsetup
  -rw------- 1 administrator administrator       20 Apr 22 14:43 .lesshst
  -rw-r--r-- 1 administrator administrator 67635706 Apr 19 10:51 LinuxTestRemoteOffice.zip
  -rw-rw-r-- 1 administrator administrator     2421 Apr 18 10:43 lscpu-out.txt
  -rw-rw-r-- 1 administrator administrator      535 Apr 22 14:39 missing_security_and_nonsecurity_updates.txt
  -rw-rw-r-- 1 administrator administrator        0 Apr 22 14:39 missing_security_updates.txt
  -rw-r--r-- 1 administrator administrator      807 Jan  6  2022 .profile
  -rw-r--r-- 1 administrator administrator 16866090 Apr 18 15:34 QualysCloudAgent.deb
  -rw-rw-r-- 1 administrator administrator       74 Apr 19 08:59 .selected_editor
  drwx------ 2 administrator administrator     4096 Apr 18 08:09 .ssh
  -rw-r--r-- 1 administrator administrator        0 Apr 18 08:13 .sudo_as_admin_successful
  -rw-r--r-- 1 administrator administrator 28757540 Apr 17 16:42 testorgmainoffice06f8c4-5.7.8836-installer-x86-64.deb
  -rw-rw-r-- 1 administrator administrator      115 Apr 18 10:46 uname-out.txt
  -rw------- 1 administrator administrator      912 Apr 19 10:04 .viminfo
  administrator at updatestestsvr:~$

  ------

  It appears as though the grep'ing of that dmesg returned a subset of
  the files in the current directory.

  ( /home/administrator )
  -----------

  administrator at updatestestsvr:~$ uname -a

  Linux updatestestsvr 5.15.0-105-generic #115-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 15
  09:52:04 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

  -------------------

  administrator at updatestestsvr:~$ lsb_release -rd

  Description:    Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
  Release:        22.04

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