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Article #1640grep 'RE botch' error
From: Barry Shein
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1986 23:58
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1986 23:58
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> grep '[' file > > gives a 'RE botch' error on our VAX-750 running 4.2BSD. If the fix >has already been posted, could someone please mail me the diffs? Thanks. >------------------------------------------------------------------ >Narendra Mehta, That's not a bug, '[' is special to grep, try '\[' to escape it. -Barry Shein, Boston University
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!husc6!bu-cs!bzs From: bzs@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Barry Shein) Newsgroups: net.bugs.4bsd Subject: grep 'RE botch' error Message-ID: <1080@bu-cs.bu-cs.BU.EDU> Date: Wed, 20-Aug-86 19:58:17 EDT Article-I.D.: bu-cs.1080 Posted: Wed Aug 20 19:58:17 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 21-Aug-86 02:13:26 EDT Organization: Boston U. Comp. Sci. Lines: 11