GNU bug report logs - #19953
egrep: 'Invalid range end' - bug or not?

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: George Shuklin <george.shuklin <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 13:30:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 19953 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>
To: George Shuklin <george.shuklin <at> gmail.com>, 19953 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19953: egrep: 'Invalid range end' - bug or not?
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 15:50:16 +0100

tag 19953 notabug
close 19953
stop

On 02/26/2015 02:28 PM, George Shuklin wrote:
> $ echo 'sample-text'|egrep '[0-9\-a-z]'
> grep: Invalid range end
>
> but:
>
> $ echo 'sample-text'|egrep '[0-9a-z\-]'
> sample-text
>
> (grep 2.20-4.1)

Thanks for the bug report, however you reached the wrong
list (bug-coreutils@...):

  $ egrep --help | grep bug
  Report bugs to: bug-grep <at> gnu.org

Feel free to report this there.
Meanwhile, I'm closing this as "notabug" here.

Have a nice day,
Berny
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