bug#10030: grep: strange behavior with '-' in character class

2011-11-13 Thread Erik Auerswald
Hi, On 11/12/2011 08:05 PM, Thomas Dignan wrote: echo /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 | grep -o '[a-zA-Z\/0-9\-\.]*' You probably want to use something like echo /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 | grep -o '[-a-zA-Z/0-9.]*' Note: The '-' should be the first character inside a character class if it

bug#10030: grep: strange behavior with '-' in character class

2011-11-12 Thread Thomas Dignan
Hello Coreutils Team, When I use the command: echo /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 | grep -o '[a-zA-Z\/0-9\-\.]*' The result is that I get a tokenized string where - has been replaced with \n /lib64/ld linux x86 64.so.2 The expected result is: /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 When the character

bug#10030: grep: strange behavior with '-' in character class

2011-11-12 Thread Thomas Dignan
I have since learned that you are not supposed to escape things within brackets at all and simply position them so they have relevant meaning, and that dot does not need to be escaped inside brackets. Not sure if my mail is still relevant. On 11/12/2011 02:05 PM, Thomas Dignan wrote: Hello

bug#10030: grep: strange behavior with '-' in character class

2011-11-12 Thread Bob Proulx
tags 10030 + notabug close 10030 thanks Thomas Dignan wrote: I have since learned that you are not supposed to escape things within brackets at all and simply position them so they have relevant meaning, and that dot does not need to be escaped inside brackets. That's right. You have it.