Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Does anyone know why > > grep -R "\0x93" /www/htdocs > > turns up only binary files, even when I know there are text > files in the directory that contain this character? Is > there something special about the way I specify the search > string that causes grep to behave differently? When I > specify an 8-bit character like this alone for a > search, it finds only binary files, even though this is a text > character--as if it is looking at the search string and > deciding that I want to search only binary files.
It may not be related to what you are seeing, but grep(1) is locale-aware. What it considers a "text" character depends on the current locale settings. In my account, which has a Greek locale setup, it will consider all Greek 8-bit characters as text. This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, do not forward this email to any other person, delete this e-mail and destroy all copies. Any dissemination or use of this information by a person other than the intended recipient is unauthorized and may be illegal. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
