GNU bug report logs - #16871
problems about matching newline (with -z)

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Stephane Chazelas <stephane.chazelas <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 07:33:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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Message #8 received at 16871 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stephane Chazelas <stephane.chazelas <at> gmail.com>
To: 16871 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16871: Acknowledgement (problems about matching newline
 (with -z))
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 11:32:43 +0000

Also:

$ printf 'a\nb\0' | grep -z 'a$'
$ printf 'a\nb\0' | grep -zP 'a$'
a
b
$ printf 'a\nb\0' | grep -zxP a
a
b

Why use PCRE_MULTILINE here?
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