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Re:grep in non linux EOL?

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no.top.post@gmail.com Wrote in message:
> It's OK if you want to donate your much-better-version.
> But what I really need to know is the REASONING BEHIND
> why my version fails.
> 
> With dir-trees having mixed-format text-files: 3 types:
> *nix, DOS, EOL=x0d, I need to find files containing a string: $1
>   Testing LEOfind:-
> #!/bin/bash
> find  /sa5/Legal/CIPC  -exec grep  "$1" {} \; 2>/dev/null | fold | grep $1
>     with ./LEOfind Gates , gives me also some lines which do NOT contain
>     "Gates".
> Surely `<any command> | grep Gates`
>  must consist of lines, each containing "Gates"
> 
> ==TIA.
> 
> 

I would put it this way, but I could be wrong:

grep looks line by line. To define a line, it looks for a Linux EOL.
If it finds the EOL from a different OS, it ignores that and keeps
going.  I have had bad EOF messages because the last 
character in the file was not an EOL.

Doug. 
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grep in non linux EOL? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2015-12-26 23:01 +0000
  Re: grep in non linux EOL? Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-12-27 05:19 +0000
    Re: grep in non linux EOL? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2015-12-29 20:05 +0000
    Re: grep in non linux EOL? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2015-12-30 02:05 +0000
  Re:grep in non linux EOL? Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> - 2015-12-28 20:31 +1100
  Re:grep in non linux EOL? Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> - 2015-12-28 20:47 +1100
    Re: grep in non linux EOL? The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-12-28 10:18 +0000
      Re: grep in non linux EOL? floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) - 2015-12-28 04:05 -0900

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