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Re: grep -w and \w -pattern
From: |
Stepan Kasal |
Subject: |
Re: grep -w and \w -pattern |
Date: |
Mon, 2 Jun 2003 16:01:43 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.2.5.1i |
Hello,
On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 03:50:03PM +0300, Jori Mantysalo wrote:
> address@hidden jori]$ echo "dogs dogs dogs" | grep -o -w "\w\w\w"
this is OK, of course.
> Is this a bug:
> address@hidden jori]$ echo "dogs dogs and dogs" | grep -o -w "\w\w\w"
> dog
> dog
> and
> dog
But this is a bug. This surely will be fixed one day...
Thank you very much for reporting the bug, I'll file it; it won't be
forgotten.
For now, please don't use -o in combination with -w.
Use \< and \> instead, like this:
$ echo "dogs dogs and dogs" | grep -o "\<\w\w\w\>"
and
Hope this helps,
Stepan Kasal