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Id: 21068
Status: resolved
Priority: 0/
Queue: ack

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Requestors: MARKSTOS [...] cpan.org
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Subject: Wish: don't search through binary files unless I say so
Even with "-a", ack should search through binary files unless an additional flag is provided (--binary ?). Instead, like grep it should simply report: Binary file ../www/cgi-bin/.auth.cgi.swp matches Mark
Added in 1.25_03