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Re: bug with grep 2.3 - 2.4.2 on Intel Redhat
From: |
Paul Holcomb |
Subject: |
Re: bug with grep 2.3 - 2.4.2 on Intel Redhat |
Date: |
Thu, 12 Jul 2001 00:15:51 -0500 |
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Mutt/1.2.5i |
On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 01:55:00PM +0900, Miles Bader wrote:
> 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'.
*hang head* This will teach me to make bug reports on so little
sleep. Next time I'll make certain more than a couple people double
check something like this.
My strong apologies.
--
Paul Holcomb *pholcomb \@ cpoint net*
Sr. Network Engineer Counterpoint Networking, Inc.