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bug#26409: plus (`+`) not a metacharacter with --posix option, escaped o
From: |
Jordan Torbiak |
Subject: |
bug#26409: plus (`+`) not a metacharacter with --posix option, escaped or not |
Date: |
Sat, 8 Apr 2017 18:37:15 -0600 |
The plus character can't seem to be used as a metacharacter when both the
`-E` and `--posix` options are given.
This works as expected:
$ echo 'hi+' | sed -E 's/(.+)/{\1}/'
{hi+}
This does not:
$ echo 'hi+' | sed --posix -E 's/(.+)/{\1}/'
h{i+}
And escaping the plus sign doesn't give it special meaning, either:
$ echo 'hi+' | sed --posix -E 's/(.\+)/{\1}/'
h{i+}
I don't believe this falls under the [Regex syntax clash](
https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/manual/sed.html#index-Non_002dbugs_002c-regex-syntax-clashes)
non-bug category, as all the [POSIX specs since 2008](
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799.2008edition/basedefs/V1_chap09.html#tag_09_04_03)
say "The <asterisk>, <plus-sign>, <question-mark>, and <left-brace> shall
be special except when used in a bracket expression."
- bug#26409: plus (`+`) not a metacharacter with --posix option, escaped or not,
Jordan Torbiak <=