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Re: Grep, multiple -e


From: Stepan Kasal
Subject: Re: Grep, multiple -e
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 15:43:54 +0200
User-agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i

Hello,

On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 01:35:26PM +0300, Jori Mantysalo wrote:
> address@hidden jm58660]$ echo "abc" | grep -o -e a -e c
> a
> c
> address@hidden jm58660]$ echo "abc" | grep -o -e c -e a
> c

this surely is a bug.  The same bug strikes if you try eg.

        echo abca | grep --color -e a -e c

I hope to fix it soon.

In the meantime, you can specify one combined pattern, as a workaroud:

        grep '\(a\|c\)'
or
        egrep '(a|c)'

Thank you for the bug report,
        Stepan




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