[bug #30455] \s now matches whitespace

[anonymous]

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                 Summary: \s now matches whitespace
                 Project: grep
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Thu 15 Jul 2010 08:34:59 PM UTC
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any

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Details:

$ echo " " | grep -c '^\s'
1
$ echo s | grep -c '^\s'
0

According to the documentation, the results ~should~ be:

$ echo " " | grep -c '^\s'
0
$ echo s | grep -c '^\s'
1

If this is a desired feature (and I for one think it is very
undesirable to change the way grep works) it should be at least
documented.





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