GNU bug report logs - #78677
RegEx error

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Package: grep;

Reported by: DANIL10RUS <danilleontevkek2akk <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2025 04:01:03 UTC

Severity: normal

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From: DANIL10RUS <danilleontevkek2akk <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-grep <at> gnu.org
Subject: RegEx error
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2025 00:25:16 +0300

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 danil <at> archlinux ~/minecraft_server> ls purpur-*.jar | grep -i "[^a-z\-\.]"
purpur-2416.jar
danil <at> archlinux ~/minecraft_server> ls purpur-*.jar | grep -i "[^a-z\.\-]"
purpur-2416.jar


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Hello, encountered a RegEx error. For some reason grep doesn't recognize
the “-” in \-\. but if we do \.\- it will work. Why is that?

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