Grep 'Binary File Matches'. How to Get Normal Grep Output? [Duplicate]

Name: Grep 'Binary File Matches'. How to Get Normal Grep Output? [Duplicate]
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Description: I've Got a Grep Script That Searches Through a Directory Recursively. Grep -N -R -E 'Search Term' -E 'Second Search Term'. / However the Results I Get Are the...

Question

I've got a grep script that searches through a directory recursively.

grep -n -R -e 'search term' -e 'second search term' ./

However the results I get are the following. Notice there are found matches in JPGs but no actual result.

Binary file ./jpg/00015928.jpg matches
Binary file ./jpg/00015296.jpg matches
Binary file ./jpg/00020072.jpg matches

Is there any way to see the result in the output like a normal grep search?

Accepted Answer

Try:

grep --text

or

grep -a

for short. This is equivalent to --binary-files=text and it should show the matches in binary files.

Grep 'Binary File Matches'. How to Get Normal Grep Output? [Duplicate]

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