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+ - The new option --binary-files=TYPE makes grep assume that a binary input
+ file is of type TYPE.
+ --binary-files='binary' (the default) outputs a 1-line summary of matches.
+ --binary-files='without-match' assumes binary files do not match.
+ --binary-files='text' treats binary files as text
+ (equivalent to -a or --text).
+
Version 2.4:
- egrep is now equivalent to `grep -E' as required by POSIX,
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