[debbugs-tracker] bug#27813: closed (grep bug)

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> grep bug
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> File X contains a line with:
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> Grepping:
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> case 1: 'grep -Ew -e "#else" X' returns "0":
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> case 2: 'grep -E -e "\<#else\>" X' returns "1":
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> Same for -G
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> -F returns "0" for first case.
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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Re: bug#27813: grep bug Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 00:58:39 -0700 User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.2.1

Micah wrote:

File X contains a line with:

#else

Grepping:

case 1: 'grep -Ew -e "#else" X' returns "0":
#else

case 2: 'grep -E -e "\<#else\>" X' returns "1":

Although grep is operating as documented here, the documentation could be better. I installed the attached patch to try to clear things up. Thanks for reporting the problem.

0001-doc-distinguish-w-from.patch
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