Re: Tr: Problem with grep v2.5.1

[Paul Jarc]

Micah Cowan <address@hidden> wrote:
> Paul Jarc wrote:
>> grep -E -B 3 '\.\.\.([013-9][0-9]{2}|2[1-9][0-9]|20[1-9])'
>
> You're using -E, so it should be "..." rather than "\.\.\."

No, -E doesn't change the meaning of "\.".

> Won't this approach have /exactly/ the same behavior?

No.  It matches "..." followed by a three-digit number other than 200,
and also includes the previous 3 lines.  Try it.


paul