grep: for -L, exitcode 0 means files *without* matches were found, closes 13151

This is a recent change in GNU grep as well (after 3.1)

function                                             old     new   delta
grep_file                                           1215    1228     +13

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>

2 files changed, 22 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/findutils/grep.c b/findutils/grep.c
index 55e9c0a8f..b456ed467 100644
--- a/findutils/grep.c
+++ b/findutils/grep.c
@@ -167,13 +167,11 @@ enum {
         OPT_z = IF_EXTRA_COMPAT(            (1 << OPTBIT_z)) + 0,
 };
 
-#define PRINT_FILES_WITH_MATCHES    (option_mask32 & OPT_l)
 #define PRINT_LINE_NUM              (option_mask32 & OPT_n)
 #define BE_QUIET                    (option_mask32 & OPT_q)
 #define SUPPRESS_ERR_MSGS           (option_mask32 & OPT_s)
 #define PRINT_MATCH_COUNTS          (option_mask32 & OPT_c)
 #define FGREP_FLAG                  (option_mask32 & OPT_F)
-#define PRINT_FILES_WITHOUT_MATCHES (option_mask32 & OPT_L)
 #define NUL_DELIMITED               (option_mask32 & OPT_z)
 
 struct globals {
@@ -476,13 +474,13 @@ static int grep_file(FILE *file)
                                          * even if errors were detected" */
                                         exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
                                 }
-                                /* if we're just printing filenames, we stop after the first match */
-                                if (PRINT_FILES_WITH_MATCHES) {
+                                /* -l "print filenames with matches": stop after the first match */
+                                if (option_mask32 & OPT_l) {
                                         puts(cur_file);
-                                        /* fall through to "return 1" */
+                                        return 1;
                                 }
-                                /* OPT_L aka PRINT_FILES_WITHOUT_MATCHES: return early */
-                                return 1; /* one match */
+                                /* -L "print filenames without matches": return early too */
+                                return 0; /* 0: we do not print fname, hence it's "not a match" */
                         }
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_GREP_CONTEXT
@@ -602,15 +600,16 @@ static int grep_file(FILE *file)
                 printf("%d\n", nmatches);
         }
 
-        /* grep -L: print just the filename */
-        if (PRINT_FILES_WITHOUT_MATCHES) {
+        /* grep -L: "print filenames without matches" */
+        if (option_mask32 & OPT_L) {
                 /* nmatches is zero, no need to check it:
-                 * we return 1 early if we detected a match
-                 * and PRINT_FILES_WITHOUT_MATCHES is set */
+                 * we return 0 early if -L and we detect a match
+                 */
                 puts(cur_file);
+                return 1; /* 1: we printed fname, hence it's "a match" */
         }
 
-        return nmatches;
+        return nmatches != 0; /* we return not a count, but a boolean */
 }
 
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP
@@ -687,7 +686,7 @@ static int FAST_FUNC file_action_grep(const char *filename,
                 return 0;
         }
         cur_file = filename;
-        *(int*)matched += grep_file(file);
+        *(int*)matched |= grep_file(file);
         fclose(file);
         return 1;
 }
@@ -844,7 +843,7 @@ int grep_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                                 if (stat(cur_file, &st) == 0 && S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
                                         if (!(option_mask32 & OPT_h))
                                                 print_filename = 1;
-                                        matched += grep_dir(cur_file);
+                                        matched |= grep_dir(cur_file);
                                         goto grep_done;
                                 }
                         }
@@ -857,7 +856,7 @@ int grep_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                                 continue;
                         }
                 }
-                matched += grep_file(file);
+                matched |= grep_file(file);
                 fclose_if_not_stdin(file);
  grep_done: ;
         } while (*argv && *++argv);
diff --git a/testsuite/grep.tests b/testsuite/grep.tests
index e38278810..66498a989 100755
--- a/testsuite/grep.tests
+++ b/testsuite/grep.tests
@@ -96,6 +96,14 @@ testing "grep -x -F (partial match 1)" "grep -x -F foo input ; echo \$?" \
 testing "grep -x -F (partial match 2)" "grep -x -F foo input ; echo \$?" \
         "1\n" "bar foo\n" ""
 
+# -L "show filenames which do not match" has inverted exitcode (if it printed something, it's "success")
+testing "grep -L exitcode 0" "grep -L qwe input; echo \$?" \
+        "input\n0\n" "asd\n" ""
+testing "grep -L exitcode 0 #2" "grep -L qwe input -; echo \$?" \
+        "(standard input)\n0\n" "qwe\n" "asd\n"
+testing "grep -L exitcode 1" "grep -L qwe input; echo \$?" \
+        "1\n" "qwe\n" ""
+
 optional EGREP
 testing "grep -E supports extended regexps" "grep -E fo+" "foo\n" "" \
         "b\ar\nfoo\nbaz"