GNU bug report logs - #20443
grep pattern is forward slash + star

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Clay Hansen <clayh <at> ayre.com>

Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 19:31:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Clay Hansen <clayh <at> ayre.com>
To: bug-grep <at> gnu.org
Subject: grep pattern is forward slash + star
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 13:05:11 -0600

Dear Coders,

if I echo 'a  *  z' | grep '/*' it succeeds and prints 'a  *  z'.
Can this be right?

echo 'a  *  z' | grep -F '/*' fails as expected.

Tested in Salix on grep-2.14 and freshly compiled grep-2.21.

Thanks,
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