[bug #58384] incorect documentaion for -regex

Update of bug #58384 (group findutils): Status:None => Fixed Assigned to:None => jay ___ Follow-up Comment #5: Fixed in git a

[bug #58384] incorect documentaion for -regex

Follow-up Comment #4, bug #58384 (project findutils): In code, the default regextype is RE_SYNTAX_EMACS. The syntax of these regular expressions seems to depend on gnulib. Findutils just calls gnulib's regex match function... ___ Reply to

[bug #58384] incorect documentaion for -regex

Follow-up Comment #3, bug #58384 (project findutils): Indeed, the documentaion says the default regexps are compatible with emacs regexp. Even there is a link to emacs regexp node. But emacs regexps understand the syntax `\{3,\}'. That's the point I meant by "incorrect documentaion". So, I used

Re: [bug #58384] incorect documentaion for -regex

On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 06:36:10AM -0400, Geoff Clare wrote: > Follow-up Comment #2, bug #58384 (project findutils): > > Seems the documentation is wrong: > > $ find . -type f -regex '.\{3,\}' | wc -l > 0 > $ find . -regextype posix-basic -type f -regex '.\{3,\}' | wc -l >

[bug #58384] incorect documentaion for -regex

Follow-up Comment #2, bug #58384 (project findutils): Seems the documentation is wrong: $ find . -type f -regex '.\{3,\}' | wc -l 0 $ find . -regextype posix-basic -type f -regex '.\{3,\}' | wc -l 16 Clearly the default is not posix-basic.

[bug #58384] incorect documentaion for -regex

Follow-up Comment #1, bug #58384 (project findutils): Read on a litte bit: 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}.

[bug #58384] incorect documentaion for -regex

URL: Summary: incorect documentaion for -regex Project: findutils Submitted by: None Submitted on: dim. 17 mai 2020 18:44:02 UTC Category: documentation Severity: 3 -