GNU bug report logs - #52873
expr unexpected syntax error

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Martin Rixham <martin.rixham <at> equalexperts.com>

Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2021 16:14:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Martin Rixham <martin.rixham <at> equalexperts.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: expr unexpected syntax error
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2021 12:42:24 +0000

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I'm getting an error from the following:

    [martin <at> fedora ~]$ expr ')' : '.*'
    expr: syntax error: unexpected ')'

There also seems to be a similar problem with:

    expr '(' : '.*'

Here's the version:

    [martin <at> fedora ~]$ expr --version
    expr (GNU coreutils) 8.32
    Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <
https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
    This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
    There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

    Written by Mike Parker, James Youngman, and Paul Eggert.

And a uname for good measure:

    [martin <at> fedora ~]$ uname -a
    Linux fedora 5.15.7-200.fc35.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Dec 8 19:00:47 UTC 2021
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Thanks,

Martin

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