Your bug report #60618: unicode characters are not identified as such for \w and \b with -P 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 60618@debbugs.gnu.org. -- 60618: https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=60618 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems