GNU bug report logs - #68776
bug with escape characters in pattern

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Brendan Richardson <brichardson <at> brandeis.edu>

Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2024 08:45:01 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: Brendan Richardson <brichardson <at> brandeis.edu>
To: 68776 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#68776: bug with escape characters in pattern
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2024 19:00:37 -0500

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Hello,

If you use input
egrep "[^\\n\\t]" file

and the file contains a line with only n or t on it, those lines are also
excluded
file
normal lines
tttttt
nnnnn



KR
Brendan Richardson

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