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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Ojas Zanpure <ojaszanpure <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 50270 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#50270: Suggestion
Date: 2021年8月30日 11:35:51 -0700

On 8/30/21 5:14 AM, Ojas Zanpure wrote:
> It might be confusing for a beginner whether he
> executed the command correctly, if he doesn't see anything on screen.
True. However, grep's behavior here is standardized by POSIX and a lot 
of people rely on it, so I don't think we can change it.
If there's any consolation, 'grep' is intended for experts (and you are 
now an expert ;-).

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