I can understand the issue. And I've verified that grep still works in the same way in its 2.14 version.
But if you check grep(1), you will see that the current behavior is in line with definition of -q. http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/raring/en/man1/grep.1.html Maybe you can request grep upstream for the feature you want. ** Changed in: grep (Ubuntu) Status: New => Opinion ** Changed in: grep (Ubuntu) Status: Opinion => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/396237 Title: grep -Ax -q should print context but not matching line To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grep/+bug/396237/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
