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Re: Bug#287682: diff: -I options documentation for "regexp" is wrong (fw
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: Bug#287682: diff: -I options documentation for "regexp" is wrong (fwd) |
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Wed, 05 Jan 2005 21:15:45 +0100 |
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Santiago Vila <address@hidden> writes:
> Manual page reads:
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> -I RE --ignore-matching-lines=RE
> Ignore changes whose lines all match RE.
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> However, this is not the "normal" regexp, but only half hearted
> grep-compatible regexps.
What are "normal" regexps? There are BREs and EREs, both share basically
the same expressive power, and differ only in syntax.
> There should be a note, that egrep-style constructs like grouping are
> not supported.
Sure they are.
Andreas.
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