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Suddenly, grep has begun failing.

cat test.txt | grep hello

generates an "Illegal instruction" error. It makes no difference what's being piped in nor what PATTERN I use.

  • cat test.txt | less
  • grep
  • grep -V
  • grep --help

all work fine

I've done a update and upgrade. How do I fix this?

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    cat test.txt | less grep that won't run - so, what is the output of grep -V - also which Rpi do you have. I have no issue with grep in Rpi3/4 - but I've had issues with other programs in RPi1 with illegal instruction error that doesn't occur in Rpi3/4
    – Jaromanda X
    Commented Mar 4, 2020 at 2:08
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    @MACE surely you mean cat test.txt | less grep is the command which doesn't work, and cat test.txt | grep hello is one of the ones which "work fine"?
    – justinjt
    Commented Mar 4, 2020 at 3:31
  • Sorry. I didn't realize the formatting of the question was off. I've edited the question.
    – MACE
    Commented Mar 4, 2020 at 14:05
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    @Seamus, yes, it's the same device. I did end up flashing the SD and all the issues are gone. I was hoping for a less dramatic option.
    – MACE
    Commented Mar 5, 2020 at 12:13
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    Use grep hello test.txt.
    – Ingo
    Commented Mar 5, 2020 at 19:07

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I got the same "illegal instruction" doing some other operation on my RPi 2B, but also some corrupted files on the micro SD card. While fiddling with these problems, I spotted many "Under-voltage" error in system log (see sudo journalctl)and a red LED glowing that I didn't noticed earlier.

So I replaced my power supply that did well for years with my old RPi mod B and all errors went away.

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SD card got corrupted. Recreated and all works fine. Not sure how to prevent it in the future. Possibly related to the power.

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