Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 13:07:43 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Chris Waters <design AT netcom DOT com>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Grep'ing for % hangs my system
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On Wed, 16 Oct 1996, Chris Waters wrote:

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

No, it won't.  This is a known bug in the port of Grep which comes with
DJGPP v2.0: you can't interrupt it when it reads from stdin.  A corrected
port will come with v2.01.