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From: colonel@sunybcs.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman)
Newsgroups: net.bugs.4bsd
Subject: grep(1) - large bug
Message-ID: <2707@sunybcs.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 5-Jan-86 16:28:14 EST
Article-I.D.: sunybcs.2707
Posted: Sun Jan  5 16:28:14 1986
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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()

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  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 ..."
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-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
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