Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
From: design AT netcom DOT com (Chris Waters)
Subject: Re: Grep'ing for % hangs my system
Message-ID: <designDzD03n.1t4@netcom.com>
Organization: Design and Delivery
References: <541jvj$ovk AT news2 DOT delphi DOT com>
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 08:11:47 GMT
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In article <541jvj$ovk AT news2 DOT delphi DOT com>, jrubin <jrubin AT bix DOT com> wrote:

>Does anyone know why the command
>   grep % test.dat

>hangs my system so badly control/alt/del is needed to recover?

It's not hung; it's waiting for input.  Pressing ^Z will get you out.

>In case it matters, I use 4dos instead of command.com

If this is at the command line, it does matter--in a batch file,
command.com would display the same behavior.  Use:

   grep %% test.dat