Re: Tr: Problem with grep v2.5.1

[Micah Cowan]

Paul Jarc wrote:
> Micah Cowan <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Paul Jarc wrote:
>>> grep -E -B 3 '\.\.\.([013-9][0-9]{2}|2[1-9][0-9]|20[1-9])'
>> You're using -E, so it should be "..." rather than "\.\.\."
> 
> No, -E doesn't change the meaning of "\.".

You're right, of course.

>> Won't this approach have /exactly/ the same behavior?
> 
> No.  It matches "..." followed by a three-digit number other than 200,
> and also includes the previous 3 lines.  Try it.

How is that not what the -v version does?

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