Re: grep RFE: End-of-Line choices

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 03:29:58 -0800
> From: Mabry Tyson <address@hidden>
> 
> Done properly, the capability to use grep on a text file with a 
> different EOL convention need not interfere with the efficiency of grep 
> on "natural" EOL files.  Use the switch to turn it on when you need it 
> (and I'll leave the switch on unless I need it off).

FWIW, I think for a long time now that Grep ought to support all the 3
EOL formats on any OS, including on Unix and GNU/Linux systems.
Nowadays, with the proliferation of networked filesystems, one cannot
easily tell when the file you want to grep comes from a ``foreign''
OS.

However, at the time, I was unable to convince people involved in Grep
maintenance to agree with me and make something along the lines of
dosbuf.c part of Grep on all systems, and from Stepan's comments I see
that he is unwilling to do that as well.