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Re: grep -v -U 'pattern' filename matches files that do have 'pattern' a
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Matthew Wakeling |
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Re: grep -v -U 'pattern' filename matches files that do have 'pattern' as well as ones that don't |
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Wed, 27 May 2009 15:30:33 +0100 (BST) |
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Alpine 2.00 (DEB 1167 2008-08-23) |
On Mon, 25 May 2009, Paul Pomes DVM wrote:
grep -v -U replaygain_album_gain *flac prints
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which is the same output produced as expected by
grep -U replaygain_album_gain *flac
This is a FAQ, and not a bug. Please RTFM. There are presumably lines in
the input files that do not match your pattern, meaning the file matches.
You probably want the "-L" option instead.
Matthew
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