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bug#30105: Additional "grep" parameter to change the exit code from 1 to
From: |
Vasyl Vavrychuk |
Subject: |
bug#30105: Additional "grep" parameter to change the exit code from 1 to 0, even if grep doesn't find pattern |
Date: |
Sun, 14 Jan 2018 18:32:42 +0200 |
Actually I use grep in pipe with
set -eo pipefail
but still there I can do
... | grep exrp || test $? -lt 2 | ...
Thanks for suggestion.
On Sun, Jan 14, 2018 at 8:57 AM, Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
> Vasyl Vavrychuk wrote:
>>
>> I would like to have an option to return success if nothing is found but
>> still return fail if error happens.
>
>
> You can use a shell command like this:
>
> grep PATTERN FILE
> test $? -lt 2
>
> I don't see the need for a special grep option to handle this problem.