grep(1) - large bug
Col. G. L. Sicherman
colonel at sunybcs.UUCP
Mon Jan 6 07:28:14 AEST 1986
Reproduce by: echo bug | grep \[
What happens: same as if you typed 'yes "RE botch"'
Why: endless loop in advance() in grep.c
Fix: do something sane in the default clause of the switch()
_._
"On behalf of Bogopolis, I am honored to accept this ... Wait a minute!
This is not the World's Largest Diamond!"
"Of course not, Captain BUFFOON! It's a big chunk of VOOPTONITE!"
"Auggggh! Urggggh! Gasp! ... And you're not Commander Pinkney, the Brazil-
ian explorer! You're ... you're ... you're ..."
"Ha HO ho haw! HAW HAW yak yak yak!"
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Col. G. L. Sicherman
UU: ...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!colonel
CS: colonel at buffalo-cs
BI: csdsicher at sunyabva
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