GNU bug report logs - #5812
expr: Difference in behavior of match and :

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Adil Mujeeb <mujeeb.adil <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:05:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Bob Proulx <bob <at> proulx.com>
To: Adil Mujeeb <mujeeb.adil <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 5812-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5812: expr: Difference in behavior of match and :
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 22:42:13 -0600

Adil Mujeeb wrote:
> Thanks Bob for such a nice explanation and your instinct is right. It is
> locale problem.
> ...
> And the other point you made is also right. I didn’t realize that I was
> using another session for comparing the result with match which ahs
> different locale:-

I thought it might have been something like that.

> I never knew that locale has effect on the behavior. We can close this bug.

I will close the bug with this message then.

> Thank you so much for your time and details, I have learnt new thing :)

I am glad to have helped!

> Also, thanks for correcting my regex.

Sure thing!

Bob
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