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bug#23676: Seems egrep violates simple rules of regexps


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: bug#23676: Seems egrep violates simple rules of regexps
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2016 12:47:41 -0700
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On 06/01/2016 12:33 PM, Марк Коренберг wrote:
Example:

$ echo qwerty | egrep -o 'we|wert'
wert
$ echo qwerty | egrep -o 'wert|we'
wert

That's not a bug; it's a feature. See, for example:

https://swtch.com/~rsc/regexp/regexp1.html





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