Fixed with this patch.
On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 9:31 AM James Youngman <invalid.nore...@gnu.org>
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> Update of bug #65297 (group findutils):
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> Status: None => Fixed
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> Fixed in git.
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From 0582f8057e70a99b4caff4cb2aa5e5fffde3f970 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Youngman <ja...@youngman.org>
Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 09:29:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [doc] Explain that find defaults to GNU Emacs regexes.
To: findutils-patc...@gnu.org
This fixes Savannah bug #65297.
---
doc/find.texi | 10 ++++------
find/find.1 | 11 +++++++----
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/find.texi b/doc/find.texi
index 2e543085..b0218fb8 100644
--- a/doc/find.texi
+++ b/doc/find.texi
@@ -568,18 +568,16 @@ $ find . -path '*/*config'
True if the entire file name matches regular expression @var{expr}.
This is a match on the whole path, not a search. For example, to
match a file named @file{./fubar3}, you can use the regular expression
-@samp{.*bar.} or @samp{.*b.*3}, but not @samp{f.*r3}. @xref{Regexps,
-, Syntax of Regular Expressions, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}, for a
-description of the syntax of regular expressions. For @samp{-iregex},
-the match is case-insensitive.
+@samp{.*bar.} or @samp{.*b.*3}, but not @samp{f.*r3}.
+For @samp{-iregex}, the match is case-insensitive.
As for @samp{-path}, the candidate file name never ends with a slash,
so regular expressions which only match something that ends in slash
will always fail.
There are several varieties of regular expressions; by default this
-test uses POSIX basic regular expressions, but this can be changed
-with the option @samp{-regextype}.
+test uses GNU Emacs regular expressions, but this can be changed with
+the option @samp{-regextype}.
@end deffn
@deffn Option -regextype name
diff --git a/find/find.1 b/find/find.1
index cd1abfaa..8f93b6c2 100644
--- a/find/find.1
+++ b/find/find.1
@@ -466,8 +466,11 @@ expression types are known, use
The Texinfo documentation (see
.B SEE
.BR ALSO )
-explains the meaning of and
-differences between the various types of regular expression.
+explains the meaning of and differences between the various types of
+regular expression. If you do not use this option, find behaves
+as if the regular expression type
+.B emacs
+had been specified.
.IP "\-warn, \-nowarn"
Turn warning messages on or off. These warnings apply only to the
@@ -1034,8 +1037,8 @@ you can use the regular expression `.*bar.\&' or `.*b.*3',
but not `f.*r3'.
The regular expressions understood by
.B find
-are by default Emacs Regular Expressions (except that `.' matches
-newline), but this can be changed with the
+are by default Emacs Regular Expressions, but this can be changed with
+the
.B \-regextype
option.
--
2.39.2
