Thanks! Mea culpa. On Sep 3, 5:06 am, Daniel Eggleston <[email protected]> wrote: > Not the problem he's trying to solve - he doesn't want line numbers. > > By default, binary files won't print out the line (since it's not human > readable), but text files will. If you want to force line output, Bryan was > still on the right path, RTFM: > > -a, --text > Process a binary file as if it were text; this > is equivalent to the > --binary-files=text option. > > --binary-files=TYPE > If the first few bytes of a file indicate that the file > contains binary data, assume > that the file is of type TYPE. By default, TYPE is binary, > and grep normally outputs > either a one-line message saying that a binary file matches, > or no message if there is > no match. If TYPE is without-match, grep assumes that a > binary file does not match; > this is equivalent to the -I option. If TYPE is text, grep > processes a binary file as > if it were text; this is equivalent to the -a > option. Warning: grep > --binary-files=text might output binary garbage, which can > have nasty side effects if > the output is a terminal and if the terminal driver interprets > some of it as commands. > > > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 12:34 AM, Bryan Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sorry, I said RTFM with a smile :o) > > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 1:33 AM, Bryan Smith <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> RTFM > > >> -n, --line-number > >> Prefix each line of output with the 1-based line number > >> within > >> its input file. (-n is specified by POSIX.) > > >> On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 11:49 PM, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> I am using grep to search for strings in a block of code. The man page > >>> for grep says that "By default, grep prints the matching lines". Yet > >>> the system only tells me when there is a match; it doesn't print the > >>> relevant lines. I searched this group and the web for "grep output" > >>> and found nothing useful. How can I get grep to print out lines > >>> containing a match? > > >>> $ grep graphic gnuchess-5.0* > >>> Binary file gnuchess-5.05.tar matches > >>> Binary file gnuchess-5.06.tar matches > >>> Binary file gnuchess-5.07.tar matches > > >>> -- > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > >>> Group. > >>> To post a message, send email to [email protected] > >>> To unsubscribe, send email to > >>> [email protected] > >>> For more options, visit our group at > >>>http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > >> -- > >> A healthy diet includes Linux, Linux, and more Linux. > > > -- > > A healthy diet includes Linux, Linux, and more Linux. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > > Group. > > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > > For more options, visit our group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > > -- > > Daniel
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