Re: GNU grep and files with nulls

On 2025-04-12, John McCue <jmccue@magnetar.jmcunx.com> wrote:

Kenny McCormack <gazelle@shell.xmission.com> wrote:

So, I have a file that contains a line like:
 
    foo.bar.bletch.one.two
 
where the dots represent null (\0) characters.
 
I want to be able to grep this line, using this command:
 
    grep foo.bar.bletch.one.two file
 

>
Did you try using argument '--binary-files=' ?
Detail in the GNU grep man page :)

I just remember the -a shortcut, which is the same
as --binary-files=text.  All the other --binary-files
options are about /not/ grepping through binary files,
so that useful one gets the one letter shortcut.

We can probably mnemonize it as "all": "grep
through all the darned files, including binaries".

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