Steps to reproduce:

1) create a file containing the following lines:

foo bar baz

bar foo baz

baz foo bar

bar baz foo

foo baz bar

baz bar foo

2) The command "grep '.*bar$' filename1" should find the two lines ending in "bar" but it does not.

3) create a file containing the following lines:

foo

foo bar

baz foo

foo bar baz

baz bar foo

4) The command "grep '^foo$' filename2" should find only the first line but it does not.

Erich W. Wolz (wolz @ us.ibm.com), Senior IT Specialist

IBM Consulting - US Federal

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