From unknown Fri Sep 12 02:58:30 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#33291: "blank" character class not documented Resent-From: Steven Penny Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-grep@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2018 17:26:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 33291 X-GNU-PR-Package: grep X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: 33291@debbugs.gnu.org X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-grep@gnu.org Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.154152515831245 (code B ref -1); Tue, 06 Nov 2018 17:26:02 +0000 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Nov 2018 17:25:58 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37560 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gK570-00087s-Cp for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 06 Nov 2018 12:25:58 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:51739) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gK4QG-000781-Rh for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 06 Nov 2018 11:41:49 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gK4Q9-0000bS-B0 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 06 Nov 2018 11:41:43 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:59511) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gK4Q9-0000az-7I for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 06 Nov 2018 11:41:41 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33022) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gK4Q7-0007CG-4K for bug-grep@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Nov 2018 11:41:41 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gK4Q6-0000SZ-12 for bug-grep@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Nov 2018 11:41:39 -0500 Received: from mail-ot1-x32f.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::32f]:42233) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gK4Q5-0007pD-Oe for bug-grep@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Nov 2018 11:41:37 -0500 Received: by mail-ot1-x32f.google.com with SMTP id n46so7763996otb.9 for ; Tue, 06 Nov 2018 08:40:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=message-id:date:from:to:user-agent:subject; bh=jokxVAzm0PWXoMRWXwweJNo22UZbza+MJBgxI0/6e4U=; b=QicF6JrXJbMdvxkO7D+7giT3QBBN4+Q8ZS5sjTNk71qwuiqsjB24XJ1djPhJTahaBw sthDEIwjYtpcyrj4R8Pc5KTfeb15eCLYOr8TOugtADdzmKJyFiO5nd7LwVUfDKZzXJZL eIbdPxwKVZqoRAiNxt4CUubVuVRMCGdpKbRamvbUAlEUfrO+cQNgtuY3UVNLx/hSFsdn /E1B54mG1RfDzKrtmz7G3KJsTP5oClz7Ql0GCPxQfTcheBENyBe7c5M/oFU2yevLJgpR kh95P/I/+/zgNHFVuv3HtFIZnQbq7npVRzzqBBY9xjfu3soL8FThzlJw4yqz4ET/LlUM L/0w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:from:to:user-agent:subject; bh=jokxVAzm0PWXoMRWXwweJNo22UZbza+MJBgxI0/6e4U=; b=dBIplu1Thtebx6ho2rDH5Ze0VaVUDfJPPE0lyZT5Y9LH+214Wqb5pUVsG/cN5beUJD NN71VbpttygOatJMwI5EyBit0wvx2AvMxkh0hCobemzL6PnWDOWlu66NJ24Rv+rAZWjH l9aD7/E3SlmcLqq02SMtcBWHkHVmfJf26QxhcYUyGOumUarjm5wG8K6UZprBtnCQuOPj FFihU/H7BhjB0bkyJkHnvTAQIB7n+rhtHu9y+NxzcRIzkIXJuoGHy7Qp5K0kDmIPHmKR BbveKPAhbU83fVv2usHPcogGigT7FXNTFDm8FZ3rhdoIhkgG085enVcYO+WOFk4DY+Jx aKoA== X-Gm-Message-State: AGRZ1gIGSybkCh4AYNK4fqKvS3+TNJPNzmnC59GYYyfBUgYS+8BrM3oU 88fFsZh2MGMie99Z9ibT2TjqWzaxXsE= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AJdET5ffvswGzpCyl77UxIqmmkLCpdol5lta/kW1/VpB7DGfnzPaFnaWw/69pWj5D8pNLH2bieqlAg== X-Received: by 2002:a9d:4f0e:: with SMTP id d14mr16480554otl.259.1541522441615; Tue, 06 Nov 2018 08:40:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from hxw ([2605:6000:9fc0:56:740d:e24f:8851:5309]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id t84-v6sm2677593oib.3.2018.11.06.08.40.40 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 06 Nov 2018 08:40:40 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5be1c408.1c69fb81.7b155.1afa@mx.google.com> Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2018 08:40:40 -0800 (PST) From: Steven Penny X-Google-Original-From: Steven Penny Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8; format=flowed User-Agent: Tryst/2.8.0 (cup.github.io/tryst) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 06 Nov 2018 12:25:57 -0500 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) GNU Awk support and documents the "[:blank:]" class: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gawk.git/tree/doc/gawk.1?id=749475a#n1963 GNU Grep supports the "[:blank:]" class as well - but is not documented: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grep.git/tree/doc/grep.in.1?id=30e666c#n796 From unknown Fri Sep 12 02:58:30 2025 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.505 (Entity 5.505) X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org From: help-debbugs@gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System) To: Steven Penny Subject: bug#33291: closed (Re: bug#33291: "blank" character class not documented) Message-ID: References: <5be1c408.1c69fb81.7b155.1afa@mx.google.com> X-Gnu-PR-Message: they-closed 33291 X-Gnu-PR-Package: grep Reply-To: 33291@debbugs.gnu.org Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2020 04:04:01 +0000 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----------=_1577937841-7906-1" This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1577937841-7906-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Your bug report #33291: "blank" character class not documented which was filed against the grep package, has been closed. The explanation is attached below, along with your original report. If you require more details, please reply to 33291@debbugs.gnu.org. --=20 33291: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D33291 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems ------------=_1577937841-7906-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at 33291-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Jan 2020 04:03:04 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37910 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1imrhP-000226-UQ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 01 Jan 2020 23:03:04 -0500 Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([131.179.128.68]:51436) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1imrhN-00021X-9U for 33291-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 01 Jan 2020 23:03:02 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2226160054; Wed, 1 Jan 2020 20:02:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10032) with ESMTP id c_pxKuEa0MjP; Wed, 1 Jan 2020 20:02:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 135DA160058; Wed, 1 Jan 2020 20:02:54 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at zimbra.cs.ucla.edu Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id 9O_Ez2PYheRz; Wed, 1 Jan 2020 20:02:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.10] (cpe-23-242-74-103.socal.res.rr.com [23.242.74.103]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E04F8160054; Wed, 1 Jan 2020 20:02:53 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: bug#33291: "blank" character class not documented To: Steven Penny References: <5be1c408.1c69fb81.7b155.1afa@mx.google.com> From: Paul Eggert Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Message-ID: Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2020 20:02:49 -0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.2.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5be1c408.1c69fb81.7b155.1afa@mx.google.com> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------3974E44AB92868ECA7CDA1AD" Content-Language: en-US X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 33291-done Cc: 33291-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------3974E44AB92868ECA7CDA1AD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 11/6/18 8:40 AM, Steven Penny wrote: > GNU Grep supports the "[:blank:]" class as well - but is not documented: > > http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grep.git/tree/doc/grep.in.1?id=30e666c#n796 Thanks for reporting this mismatch between the main documentation and the man page. I installed the attached patch to fix it. --------------3974E44AB92868ECA7CDA1AD Content-Type: text/x-patch; charset=UTF-8; name="0001-doc-add-blank-to-man-page.patch" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="0001-doc-add-blank-to-man-page.patch" >From 3ab01fbbb0465d78e9eb9d11a5325354f24ab9bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2020 19:58:03 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] doc: add [:blank:] to man page * doc/grep.in.1: Mention [:blank:] (Bug#33291). --- doc/grep.in.1 | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/doc/grep.in.1 b/doc/grep.in.1 index 48c49ef..4ced95f 100644 --- a/doc/grep.in.1 +++ b/doc/grep.in.1 @@ -810,6 +810,7 @@ bracket expressions, as follows. Their names are self explanatory, and they are .BR [:alnum:] , .BR [:alpha:] , +.BR [:blank:] , .BR [:cntrl:] , .BR [:digit:] , .BR [:graph:] , -- 2.17.1 --------------3974E44AB92868ECA7CDA1AD-- ------------=_1577937841-7906-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Nov 2018 17:25:58 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37560 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gK570-00087s-Cp for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 06 Nov 2018 12:25:58 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:51739) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gK4QG-000781-Rh for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 06 Nov 2018 11:41:49 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gK4Q9-0000bS-B0 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 06 Nov 2018 11:41:43 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:59511) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gK4Q9-0000az-7I for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 06 Nov 2018 11:41:41 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33022) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gK4Q7-0007CG-4K for bug-grep@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Nov 2018 11:41:41 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gK4Q6-0000SZ-12 for bug-grep@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Nov 2018 11:41:39 -0500 Received: from mail-ot1-x32f.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::32f]:42233) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gK4Q5-0007pD-Oe for bug-grep@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Nov 2018 11:41:37 -0500 Received: by mail-ot1-x32f.google.com with SMTP id n46so7763996otb.9 for ; Tue, 06 Nov 2018 08:40:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=message-id:date:from:to:user-agent:subject; bh=jokxVAzm0PWXoMRWXwweJNo22UZbza+MJBgxI0/6e4U=; b=QicF6JrXJbMdvxkO7D+7giT3QBBN4+Q8ZS5sjTNk71qwuiqsjB24XJ1djPhJTahaBw sthDEIwjYtpcyrj4R8Pc5KTfeb15eCLYOr8TOugtADdzmKJyFiO5nd7LwVUfDKZzXJZL eIbdPxwKVZqoRAiNxt4CUubVuVRMCGdpKbRamvbUAlEUfrO+cQNgtuY3UVNLx/hSFsdn /E1B54mG1RfDzKrtmz7G3KJsTP5oClz7Ql0GCPxQfTcheBENyBe7c5M/oFU2yevLJgpR kh95P/I/+/zgNHFVuv3HtFIZnQbq7npVRzzqBBY9xjfu3soL8FThzlJw4yqz4ET/LlUM L/0w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:from:to:user-agent:subject; bh=jokxVAzm0PWXoMRWXwweJNo22UZbza+MJBgxI0/6e4U=; b=dBIplu1Thtebx6ho2rDH5Ze0VaVUDfJPPE0lyZT5Y9LH+214Wqb5pUVsG/cN5beUJD NN71VbpttygOatJMwI5EyBit0wvx2AvMxkh0hCobemzL6PnWDOWlu66NJ24Rv+rAZWjH l9aD7/E3SlmcLqq02SMtcBWHkHVmfJf26QxhcYUyGOumUarjm5wG8K6UZprBtnCQuOPj FFihU/H7BhjB0bkyJkHnvTAQIB7n+rhtHu9y+NxzcRIzkIXJuoGHy7Qp5K0kDmIPHmKR BbveKPAhbU83fVv2usHPcogGigT7FXNTFDm8FZ3rhdoIhkgG085enVcYO+WOFk4DY+Jx aKoA== X-Gm-Message-State: AGRZ1gIGSybkCh4AYNK4fqKvS3+TNJPNzmnC59GYYyfBUgYS+8BrM3oU 88fFsZh2MGMie99Z9ibT2TjqWzaxXsE= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AJdET5ffvswGzpCyl77UxIqmmkLCpdol5lta/kW1/VpB7DGfnzPaFnaWw/69pWj5D8pNLH2bieqlAg== X-Received: by 2002:a9d:4f0e:: with SMTP id d14mr16480554otl.259.1541522441615; Tue, 06 Nov 2018 08:40:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from hxw ([2605:6000:9fc0:56:740d:e24f:8851:5309]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id t84-v6sm2677593oib.3.2018.11.06.08.40.40 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 06 Nov 2018 08:40:40 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5be1c408.1c69fb81.7b155.1afa@mx.google.com> Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2018 08:40:40 -0800 (PST) From: Steven Penny X-Google-Original-From: Steven Penny To: bug-grep@gnu.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8; format=flowed User-Agent: Tryst/2.8.0 (cup.github.io/tryst) Subject: "blank" character class not documented X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 06 Nov 2018 12:25:57 -0500 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) GNU Awk support and documents the "[:blank:]" class: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gawk.git/tree/doc/gawk.1?id=749475a#n1963 GNU Grep supports the "[:blank:]" class as well - but is not documented: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grep.git/tree/doc/grep.in.1?id=30e666c#n796 ------------=_1577937841-7906-1--