Re: Bash-3.1.17 gets lost looking for end of string in certain contexts

2006-05-02 Thread Eric Blake
[Please keep replies on the list, so that others that encounter the same problem may see it in the archives, and so that you can get comments from more than just me.] > On Tuesday 02 May 2006 09:15, you wrote: > > According to Richard on 5/1/2006 5:46 PM: > > > 602 status=`echo 'beriberi'| {

Re: Bash-3.1.17 gets lost looking for end of string in certain contexts

2006-05-02 Thread Eric Blake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Richard on 5/1/2006 5:46 PM: > > 602 status=`echo 'beriberi'| { ${GREP} -E -e '().*\1' >/dev/null 2>&1 ; > echo $?; }` I could not reproduce this - are you sure you reported it correctly? $ foo=`echo 'beriberi'| { grep -E -e '(..