Re: bug with grep 2.3 - 2.4.2 on Intel Redhat

[Miles Bader]

Paul Holcomb <address@hidden> writes:
>  Sorry, my mistake.  I didn't actually cut and paste what I was typing.
> 
>  grep soc*
>  -or-
>  grep 'soc*'
>  -or-
>  grep soc\*

Um, you do realize that the `*' operator can match _0_ instances of its
operand, don't you?  E.g., `soggy' matches `so' + 0 instances of `c'.

-Miles
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