Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: aarch64
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS: -O2 -ftree-vectorize -flto=auto -ffat-lto-objects -fexcepti\
ons -g -grecord-gcc-switches -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY\
_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-\
cc1 -fstack-protector-strong -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-annobin-cc1 -ma\
rch=armv8.2-a+crypto -mtune=neoverse-n1 -mbranch-protection=standard -fasynchro\
nous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection
uname output: Linux i-062640626b26bd9ed.us-west-2.compute.internal 6.1.25-37.47\
.amzn2023.aarch64 #1 SMP Mon Apr 24 23:19:51 UTC 2023 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 G\
NU/Linux
Machine Type: aarch64-amazon-linux-gnu
Bash Version: 5.2
Patch Level: 15
Release Status: release
Description:
I found a case where the regex evaluator doesn't seem to be finding the longest
possible match for a given expression. The expression works as expected on an
older version of Bash (3.2.57(1)-release (arm64-apple-darwin22)).
Here's the regex: ^(\$\'([^\']|\\\')*\')(.*)$
(FWIW, this is meant to capture a string that looks like an ANSI-style literal
string, plus a "rest" for further processing.)
Repeat-By:
For example, run this:
[[ $'$\'foo\\\' x\' bar' =~ ^(\$\'([^\']|\\\')*\')(.*)$ ]] && echo
"${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
On v5.2, this prints: $'foo\'
On v3.2.57, this prints: $'foo\' x'
