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Re: bad handling of + metachar in grep
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: bad handling of + metachar in grep |
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Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:22:24 +0100 |
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"Adolf Mathias" <address@hidden> writes:
> $ echo a | grep -o 'a+'
> $ echo 'a+' | grep -o 'a+'
If you want extended regexp syntax use -E.
Andreas.
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