Your bug report #21670: surprising bug in grep -e with anchors which was filed against the grep package, has been closed. The explanation is attached below, along with your original report. If you require more details, please reply to 21670@debbugs.gnu.org. -- 21670: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=21670 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems