Public bug reported:
Package: grep 2.16-1
Ubuntu 14.04
These two commands run against the attached file testcase.txt produce different
results. First one matches, second one doesn't. They should not give different
results. * should match zero or more items and in this case there is 1 item.
$ cat testcase.txt | egrep 'ppp_connected[^[:alnum:]]'
ppp_status : 'ppp_connected',
$ cat testcase.txt | egrep 'ppp_connected[^[:alnum:]]*'
** Affects: grep (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Attachment added: "testcase.txt"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1581278/+attachment/4661666/+files/testcase.txt
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1581278
Title:
* repetition operator wierdness
Status in grep package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
Package: grep 2.16-1
Ubuntu 14.04
These two commands run against the attached file testcase.txt produce
different results. First one matches, second one doesn't. They should not give
different results. * should match zero or more items and in this case there is
1 item.
$ cat testcase.txt | egrep 'ppp_connected[^[:alnum:]]'
ppp_status : 'ppp_connected',
$ cat testcase.txt | egrep 'ppp_connected[^[:alnum:]]*'
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