GNU bug report logs - #55331
Improved support for combining diacritics

Package: grep;

Reported by: Benson Muite <benson_muite <at> emailplus.org>

Date: Mon, 9 May 2022 07:04:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Benson Muite <benson_muite <at> emailplus.org>
Cc: 55331 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#55331: Improved support for combining diacritics
Date: Mon, 9 May 2022 11:30:28 -0700

On 5/8/22 23:38, Benson Muite wrote:
> When using
> 
> grep -E "\s[a-z\`\'āáàēéèīíìịị̄ị́ị̀ōóòọọ̄ọọ́ọ̀ūúùụ̄ụ́ụ̀n̄ńǹm̄ḿm̀]{4}$"
> 
> to extract 4 letter Igbo words

The {4} means "4 characters", not "4 letters", and a combining character 
counts as a character.

It might be nice for 'grep' to have ways to perform Unicode 
normalization before matching. In the meantime perhaps you can get what 
you want by normalizing the text before running it through 'grep'.

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GNU bug report logs - #55331 Improved support for combining diacritics

GNU bug report logs - #55331
Improved support for combining diacritics