CVSROOT: /webcvs/grep Module name: grep Changes by: Jim Meyering <meyering> 23/03/22 22:55:22
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Later arguments, if any, are treated as -operands even if they begin with ‘<samp>-</samp>’. For example, ‘<samp>grep PAT -- --file1 file2</samp>’ searches for the pattern PAT in the files named <samp>-file1</samp> -and <samp>file2</samp>. +operands even if they begin with ‘<samp class="samp">-</samp>’. For example, ‘<samp class="samp">grep PAT -- +-file1 file2</samp>’ searches for the pattern PAT in the files named <samp class="file">-file1</samp> +and <samp class="file">file2</samp>. </p> </dd> -<dt id='index-_002d_002dline_002dbuffered'><span><samp>--line-buffered</samp><a href='#index-_002d_002dline_002dbuffered' class='copiable-anchor'> ¶</a></span></dt> -<dd><span id="index-line-buffering"></span> +<dt><samp class="option">--line-buffered</samp></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-_002d_002dline_002dbuffered"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-line-buffering"></a> <p>Use line buffering for standard output, regardless of output device. By default, standard output is line buffered for interactive devices, and is fully buffered otherwise. With full buffering, the output @@ -79,48 +68,50 @@ flushed after every output line. The buffer size is system dependent. </p> </dd> -<dt id='index-_002dU'><span><samp>-U</samp><a href='#index-_002dU' class='copiable-anchor'> ¶</a></span></dt> -<dt><span><samp>--binary</samp></span></dt> -<dd><span id="index-_002d_002dbinary"></span> -<span id="index-MS_002dWindows-binary-I_002fO"></span> -<span id="index-binary-I_002fO"></span> +<dt><samp class="option">-U</samp></dt> +<dt><samp class="option">--binary</samp></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-_002dU"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-_002d_002dbinary"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-MS_002dWindows-binary-I_002fO"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-binary-I_002fO"></a> <p>On platforms that distinguish between text and binary I/O, use the latter when reading and writing files other than the user’s terminal, so that all input bytes are read and written -as-is. This overrides the default behavior where <code>grep</code> +as-is. This overrides the default behavior where <code class="command">grep</code> follows the operating system’s advice whether to use text or binary -I/O. On MS-Windows when <code>grep</code> uses text I/O it reads a +I/O. On MS-Windows when <code class="command">grep</code> uses text I/O it reads a carriage return–newline pair as a newline and a Control-Z as end-of-file, and it writes a newline as a carriage return–newline pair. </p> -<p>When using text I/O <samp>--byte-offset</samp> (<samp>-b</samp>) counts and -<samp>--binary-files</samp> heuristics apply to input data after text-I/O -processing. Also, the <samp>--binary-files</samp> heuristics need not agree -with the <samp>--binary</samp> option; that is, they may treat the data as -text even if <samp>--binary</samp> is given, or vice versa. -See <a href="File-and-Directory-Selection.html">File and Directory Selection</a>. +<p>When using text I/O <samp class="option">--byte-offset</samp> (<samp class="option">-b</samp>) counts and +<samp class="option">--binary-files</samp> heuristics apply to input data after text-I/O +processing. Also, the <samp class="option">--binary-files</samp> heuristics need not agree +with the <samp class="option">--binary</samp> option; that is, they may treat the data as +text even if <samp class="option">--binary</samp> is given, or vice versa. +See <a class="xref" href="File-and-Directory-Selection.html">File and Directory Selection</a>. </p> <p>This option has no effect on GNU and other POSIX-compatible platforms, which do not distinguish text from binary I/O. </p> </dd> -<dt id='index-_002dz'><span><samp>-z</samp><a href='#index-_002dz' class='copiable-anchor'> ¶</a></span></dt> -<dt><span><samp>--null-data</samp></span></dt> -<dd><span id="index-_002d_002dnull_002ddata"></span> -<span id="index-zero_002dterminated-lines"></span> +<dt><samp class="option">-z</samp></dt> +<dt><samp class="option">--null-data</samp></dt> +<dd><a class="index-entry-id" id="index-_002dz"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-_002d_002dnull_002ddata"></a> +<a class="index-entry-id" id="index-zero_002dterminated-lines"></a> <p>Treat input and output data as sequences of lines, each terminated by a zero byte (the ASCII NUL character) instead of a newline. -Like the <samp>-Z</samp> or <samp>--null</samp> option, +Like the <samp class="option">-Z</samp> or <samp class="option">--null</samp> option, this option can be used with commands like -‘<samp>sort -z</samp>’ to process arbitrary file names. +‘<samp class="samp">sort -z</samp>’ to process arbitrary file names. </p> </dd> </dl> </div> <hr> -<div class="header"> +<div class="nav-panel"> <p> Previous: <a href="File-and-Directory-Selection.html">File and Directory Selection</a>, Up: <a href="Command_002dline-Options.html">Command-line Options</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Index.html" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p> </div>
