Your bug report #43782: in egrep (grep 3.0), the order of include & exclude is surprisingly significant 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 43782@debbugs.gnu.org. -- 43782: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=43782 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems