Re: grep-2.5.1: `grep -w --color A' can highlight non-word use of `A'

[Felipe Kellermann]

On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 6:54pm  +0100, Jim Meyering wrote:

> But with grep-2.5.1, both are highlighted.  E.g.,
>
>   $ echo a cat |/bin/grep --color=always -w a|cat -A
>   ^[[01;31ma^[[00m c^[[01;31ma^[[00mt$
>

        I have the same result with grep-2.5,

$ grep --version|head -1
grep (GNU grep) 2.5
$ echo a cat|grep --color=always -w a|cat -A
^[[1ma^[[00m c^[[1ma^[[00mt$

-- 
Felipe Kellermann