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Re: [bug-grep] 'grep -F -w' fails to find certain matches
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Tim Waugh |
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Re: [bug-grep] 'grep -F -w' fails to find certain matches |
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Fri, 11 Mar 2005 14:21:35 +0000 |
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On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 01:36:49PM -0800, address@hidden wrote:
> 'grep -F -w' misses matches if they are preceded by a
> non-word match. I get this on Windows 2000 with two
> different grep binaries and on Linux (Puppy Linux live
> CD):
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> C:\>echo PATTERN7 PATTERN | grep -F -w -c "PATTERN"
> 0
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> C:\>echo 7PATTERN PATTERN | grep -F -w -c "PATTERN"
> 1
Both of these cases work fine with the Fedora Core patched grep
2.5.1-31.4.
Tim.
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