grep command doesn't follow the symlinks in Red Hat Enterprise Linux as it does in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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Issue

  • grep command doesn't follow the symlinks in Red Hat Enterprise Linux as it does in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • grep command does not do recursive pattern search in RHEL6 when the path has symbolic links.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • grep

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