Changes to grep/manual/grep.txt,v

[Jim Meyering]

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Module name:    grep
Changes by:     Jim Meyering <meyering> 12/07/04 16:36:26

Index: grep.txt
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diff -u -b -r1.11 -r1.12
--- grep.txt    24 Apr 2012 08:03:50 -0000      1.11
+++ grep.txt    4 Jul 2012 16:36:21 -0000       1.12
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 `grep' prints lines that contain a match for a pattern.
 
-   This manual is for version 2.12 of GNU Grep.
+   This manual is for version 2.13 of GNU Grep.
 
    This manual is for `grep', a pattern matching engine.
 
@@ -375,11 +375,11 @@
      the `--binary-files=text' option.
 
 `--binary-files=TYPE'
-     If the first few bytes of a file indicate that the file contains
-     binary data, assume that the file is of type TYPE.  By default,
-     TYPE is `binary', and `grep' normally outputs either a one-line
-     message saying that a binary file matches, or no message if there
-     is no match.
+     If a file's allocation metadata or its first few bytes indicate
+     that the file contains binary data, assume that the file is of
+     type TYPE.  By default, TYPE is `binary', and `grep' normally
+     outputs either a one-line message saying that a binary file
+     matches, or no message if there is no match.
 
      If TYPE is `without-match', `grep' assumes that a binary file does
      not match; this is equivalent to the `-I' option.
@@ -466,9 +466,9 @@
 `-U'
 `--binary'
      Treat the file(s) as binary.  By default, under MS-DOS and
-     MS-Windows, `grep' guesses the file type by looking at the
-     contents of the first 32kB read from the file.  If `grep' decides
-     the file is a text file, it strips the `CR' characters from the
+     MS-Windows, `grep' guesses whether a file is text or binary as
+     described for the `--binary-files' option.  If `grep' decides the
+     file is a text file, it strips the `CR' characters from the
      original file contents (to make regular expressions with `^' and
      `$' work correctly).  Specifying `-U' overrules this guesswork,
      causing all files to be read and passed to the matching mechanism