GNU bug report logs - #19330
bug in grep -Pv ":\n" or even in rep -Pv ":\n"

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Package: grep;

Reported by: "Arul, Shankari Swetaambari" <shankari.swetaambari.arul <at> intel.com>

Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 18:49:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: "Arul, Shankari Swetaambari" <shankari.swetaambari.arul <at> intel.com>
To: "bug-grep <at> gnu.org" <bug-grep <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug in grep -Pv ":\n" or even in rep -Pv ":\n"
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2014 18:43:49 +0000

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Hi,

The grep expression grep -Pv ":\n" or  even in rep -Pv ":\n" is not working as expected.
Did anyone report a bug on this?

Ex: The above expression does not filter the following text always -
foo:

Sometimes it works but not always.

Thanks,
Shankari

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