[Bug 242308] grep -b, --byte-offset returns 0

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            Bug ID: 242308
           Summary: grep -b, --byte-offset returns 0
           Product: Base System
           Version: 12.1-RELEASE
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: bin
          Assignee: bugs at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: marvin at jonz.net

(My brand new login - first time reporting a bug - apologies if...)

grep'ping for a byte offset always returns 0 for the result.
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Ubuntu 16.04:

jonesy at nix5:~$ a='now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the
party'
jonesy at nix5:~$ echo $a | grep -b -o  good
24:good


FreeBSD 12.1 

[jonz~]a='now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party'
[jonz~]echo $a | grep -b -o  good
0:good

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