Bug#1106335:

System used is Debain 12.9, no updates. Bash is the shell in use; it may play a part in interpreting "" strings. Regards, sunny

Bug#1106335: grep: non-sensical matches - "over-matching"

Package: grep Version: 3.8-5 PATH_TEST="../../dir/dir/dir/dir/@#$%^&*()-_=+\\|;:'\",<.>/?/"; echo "$PATH_TEST" | grep "^\.\?\.\?\([a-zA-Z0-9@#$%^&*()-_=+\|;:'",<>/?]\+\)\+/\?$"; . is not within the character set portion of the match specification provided to grep. ../../ is matched; I expect it