bug#65722: closed (Bug in your grep tool)

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Bug in your grep tool Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2023 19:36:54 +0100

Hi, 

I used grep tool to find a simple keyword in one of my repositories but the tool could not find anything: 

But the repository does contain a file with the specific keyword: 

Is there something wrong with grep like a bug that needs to be fixed? I checked the usage page for a macbook: 

 it seems to be correct so what gives about this error? 

Regards 

Edd

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> On 2023-09-03 21:51, Seth David Schoen wrote:
> > You submitted this bug to the GNU grep project, but based on your man
> > page excerpt, the version of grep on your system is not actually GNU
> > grep, but rather some form of BSD grep (a different implementation with
> > a different code base).
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> Thanks for following up. With the understanding that this bug report is 
> not about GNU grep, I'm closing the bug report. We can reopen it later 
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> > It would be helpful to have copy-and-pasted textual output in your
> > submission instead of screenshot images.  The screenshots don't
> > confirm whether you might have accidentally typed a lookalike character
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> Yes, plus people like me whose email clients render only text don't see 
> the screenshots.
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