>>>>> "JB" == Jean-Paul Blaquiere writes:
JB> what has happened with grep? on slink it act nice and sanely,
JB> but on potato it does wierd things with the following:
Try 'set | less', and you'll see that:
IFS='
^@'
which is indeed an unprintable character. Having said that, it's all
a bit bizarre, since there are no unprintable lines *output* by grep,
and even if there were, I do think it's being just a bit
overprotective. Do 'grep -a' instead.
m.