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  1. Bug #1621226
  2. Comment #0

Comment 0 for bug 1621226

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Jarno Suni (jarnos) wrote : grep does not output null when -o is used

testcase

$ printf 'a\0b\0b1' | grep --null-data --null b | hexdump -C
00000000 62 00 62 31 00 |b.b1.|
00000005

but

$ printf 'a\0b\0b1' | grep -o --null-data --null b | hexdump -C
00000000 62 0a 62 0a |b.b.|
00000004

This is fixed in Xenial, but IMO should be fixed in Trusty, too.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: grep 2.16-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-37.56~14.04.1-generic 4.4.19
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-37-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Wed Sep 7 22:48:42 2016
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-21 (717 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.1)
SourcePackage: grep
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)