GNU bug report logs - #40868
Grep C library for multi-string pattern matching?

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Package: grep;

Reported by: noloader <at> gmail.com

Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 13:59:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: noloader <at> gmail.com
Cc: 40868 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#40868: Grep C library for multi-string pattern matching?
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 12:19:40 -0700

On 4/26/20 6:58 AM, Jeffrey Walton wrote:

> Does Grep provide a library that exposes its multi-string pattern
> matching?

No, and that's partly by design: Grep is GPLed rather than LGPLed. I don't know
of any free library that does anything similar.
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