tags 1141238 + moreinfo unreproducible severity 1141238 minor thanks On Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:51:42 -0400, Norman Ramsey writes: >Package: agrep >Version: 4.17-9.1
the glimpse package is what nowadays ships agrep and it is at 4.18-7; its debian changelog goes back to 2004 or 4.18.0, so i don't know the vintage of the agrep of yours... glimpse's agrep identifies itself (agrep -V) as This is agrep version 3.0, 1994. >I use `agrep` to search my .mailrc for aliases. It failed to find a >pattern I expected it to find. with the current version i cannot reproduce your problem, neither under garden-variety shells (bash or dash) nor under fish. your patterns seem to work just fine, both unquoted and quoted ones. $ cat <<EOF > glossolalias alias something otherthing alias chloe-ramsey-lavoie [email protected] alias andrew-gallant [email protected] EOF $ agrep alias#chloe glossolalias alias chloe-ramsey-lavoie [email protected] $ agrep alias#chloe-ramsey-lavoie glossolalias alias chloe-ramsey-lavoie [email protected] $ agrep alias'#'chloe-ramsey-lavoie glossolalias alias chloe-ramsey-lavoie [email protected] $ agrep 'alias.*'chloe-ramsey-lavoie glossolalias alias chloe-ramsey-lavoie [email protected] $ agrep ome#oth glossolalias alias something otherthing could you please retest this with the current glimpse-supplied agrep? regards az -- Alexander Zangerl + GPG Key 2FCCF66BB963BD5F + https://snafu.priv.at/ C treats you like a consenting adult. Pascal treats you like a naughty child. Ada treats you like a criminal. -- Bruce Powel Douglass
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