The GNU grep folks know about this problem. It's their https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?11579
Based on this Changelog entry, http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/grep/ChangeLog?root=grep&r1=1.279&r2=1.280 it appears they've fixed it already. Revision 1.280 of Changelog was released in their v2_5_2, according to the CVS tag on revision 1.292 of Changelog. -- egrep -o '^..' Doesn't Match Start of Line Correctly. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210890 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs