Joseph Hesse wrote: > Please try: > $ echo 'xaax' | egrep -o 'a*' $ echo 'xaax' | src/egrep -o 'a*' aa
It has been fixed in CVS.
> If you try:
> $ echo 'xaax' | egrep -o 'a{2}'
$ echo 'xaax' | src/egrep -o 'a{2}'
aa
You were not mistaken, it is an error in grep-2.5.1, but has been
fixed in CVS a long time ago. We are just awaiting a release of
this an other fixes as grep-2.5.2. Thanks for reporting.
Benno
