* bug#2693: grep-find with camelCase returns error of 123
@ 2009-03-17 0:41 xah lee
2009-03-17 9:15 ` Sven Joachim
2009-03-17 12:24 ` Jason Rumney
0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: xah lee @ 2009-03-17 0:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: bug-gnu-emacs
From: Xah Lee <xah@xahlee.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: grep-find with camelCase returns error of 123
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this is possibly a bug.
Summary: when using M-x grep-find, on a search word with camelCase, i
get this error:
“Grep exited abnormally with code 123 at Mon Mar 16 17:22:46”.
Reproduce steps:
• start emacs 22.x with -q
• M-x grep-find
• Try to search a word with camelCase. e.g. “find . -name "*txt" -
print0 | xargs -0 -e grep -nH -e pestiLence”
• Emacs gives the error mentioned above.
This is reproducible in:
• GNU Emacs 22.2.1 (powerpc-apple-darwin8.11.0, Carbon Version
1.6.0) of 2008-04-05 on g5.tokyo.stp.isas.jaxa.jp
• GNU Emacs 22.0.50.1 (powerpc-apple-darwin8.11.0, GTK+ Version
2.6.10) of 2009-03-01 on xahg5.local
This problem happens also when called with shell-command. e.g. M-x
shell-command, then use
“find . -name "*txt" -print0 | xargs -0 -e grep -nH -e pestiLence”.
However, this does not happen when called in shell, e.g. M-x shell.
Nor when i simply run it in a Terminal running bash. (so, prob not
having to do with the unix's “find”, “grep”, “xargs”
programs on my computer.)
Xah
∑ http://xahlee.org/
☄
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* bug#2693: grep-find with camelCase returns error of 123
2009-03-17 0:41 bug#2693: grep-find with camelCase returns error of 123 xah lee
@ 2009-03-17 9:15 ` Sven Joachim
2009-03-17 12:24 ` Jason Rumney
1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Sven Joachim @ 2009-03-17 9:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: xah lee; +Cc: 2693
On 2009-03-17 01:41 +0100, xah lee wrote:
> Summary: when using M-x grep-find, on a search word with camelCase, i
> get this error:
> “Grep exited abnormally with code 123 at Mon Mar 16 17:22:46”.
>
> Reproduce steps:
>
> • start emacs 22.x with -q
> • M-x grep-find
> • Try to search a word with camelCase. e.g. “find . -name "*txt" -
> print0 | xargs -0 -e grep -nH -e pestiLence”
> • Emacs gives the error mentioned above.
>
> This is reproducible in:
>
> • GNU Emacs 22.2.1 (powerpc-apple-darwin8.11.0, Carbon Version 1.6.0)
> of 2008-04-05 on g5.tokyo.stp.isas.jaxa.jp
> • GNU Emacs 22.0.50.1 (powerpc-apple-darwin8.11.0, GTK+ Version
> 2.6.10) of 2009-03-01 on xahg5.local
>
> This problem happens also when called with shell-command. e.g. M-x
> shell-command, then use
> “find . -name "*txt" -print0 | xargs -0 -e grep -nH -e pestiLence”.
This is not surprising, since 123 is xargs' exit code if any of the
command invocations failed, see the "EXIT STATUS" section in xargs(1).
> However, this does not happen when called in shell, e.g. M-x
> shell. Nor when i simply run it in a Terminal running bash. (so, prob
> not having to do with the unix's “find”, “grep”, “xargs” programs on
> my computer.)
Your shell may not report failure, but unless one of your files contains
pestiLence, the above command will still finish with an exit code of
123. Type "echo $?" to convince yourself.
Maybe it would be possible to special-case an exit code of 123 in
grep-find, but the problem is that this exit code does not tell if there
were matches or not.
Sven
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* bug#2693: grep-find with camelCase returns error of 123
2009-03-17 0:41 bug#2693: grep-find with camelCase returns error of 123 xah lee
2009-03-17 9:15 ` Sven Joachim
@ 2009-03-17 12:24 ` Jason Rumney
2009-03-17 12:28 ` xah lee
1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Jason Rumney @ 2009-03-17 12:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: xah lee, 2693
xah lee wrote:
> • GNU Emacs 22.0.50.1 (powerpc-apple-darwin8.11.0, GTK+ Version
> 2.6.10) of 2009-03-01 on xahg5.local
Where did this come from? The version number suggests a CVS checkout,
but CVS hasn't been at 22.0.50 since 2006.
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* bug#2693: grep-find with camelCase returns error of 123
2009-03-17 12:24 ` Jason Rumney
@ 2009-03-17 12:28 ` xah lee
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: xah lee @ 2009-03-17 12:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jason Rumney; +Cc: 2693
On Mar 17, 2009, at 5:24 AM, Jason Rumney wrote:
>
> xah lee wrote:
>> • GNU Emacs 22.0.50.1 (powerpc-apple-darwin8.11.0, GTK+ Version
>> 2.6.10) of 2009-03-01 on xahg5.local
>
> Where did this come from? The version number suggests a CVS
> checkout, but CVS hasn't been at 22.0.50 since 2006.
Not sure exactly, but i got it from fink.
http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/emacs22-carbon
I haven't read in detail the other reply yet... will reply soon if i
have good info.
Xah
∑ http://xahlee.org/
☄
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