GNU bug report logs - #30643
Mention . won't match illegal characters

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Package: grep;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 08:24:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 30643-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 30643-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Mention . won't match illegal characters
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2020 11:57:02 -0700

> $ man grep says
> 
>        The period . matches any single character.
> 
> OK but it should also mention that illegal characters for the current
> locale will never be matched by ".".


This has been done, by adding "It is unspecified whether it matches an encoding 
error" as part of a fix for Bug#30643. Thanks for reporting the problem.
This bug report was last modified 4 years and 242 days ago.

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