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Re: [bug #24821] This -> echo 'oOo' | grep -i 'o*' <- never finishes (?)
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Dave B |
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Re: [bug #24821] This -> echo 'oOo' | grep -i 'o*' <- never finishes (?) |
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Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:05:39 +0100 |
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Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (X11/20081124) |
Kristian Glass wrote:
> Follow-up Comment #1, bug #24821 (project grep):
>
> $ echo $LANG
> en_GB.UTF-8
> $ /bin/grep -V | head -n 1
> GNU grep 2.5.3
> $ echo 'oOo' | /bin/grep -i 'o*'
> oOo
> $ LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 echo 'oOo' | LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 /bin/grep -i 'o*'
> oOo
>
> Cannot reproduce in the latest version of grep. Will build 2.5.1 later and
> test.
It's apparently somehow related to the use of --color, at least here:
$ echo 'oOo' | /bin/grep -i 'o*'
oOo
$ echo 'oOo' | /bin/grep --color -i 'o*'
oOo
(hangs)
$ grep --version | head -n 1
grep (GNU grep) 2.5.1
--
D.