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Date:      Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:23:19 GMT
From:      David C Lawrence <tale@dd.org>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   gnu/95936: egrep misparses multiline parenthetical grouping
Message-ID:  <200604171623.k3HGNJNM061517@www.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <200604171630.k3HGUMGY060865@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         95936
>Category:       gnu
>Synopsis:       egrep misparses multiline parenthetical grouping
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Apr 17 16:30:22 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     David C Lawrence
>Release:        6.1 Beta4
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD gro.dd.org 6.1-BETA4 FreeBSD 6.1-BETA4 #0: Mon Mar 13 19:16:58 UTC 2006     root@x64.samsco.home:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP  amd64

>Description:
``egrep (GNU grep) 2.5.1-FreeBSD'' will not correctly see the closing parenthesis of a grouping if it is not on the same line as the opening parenthesis.  ``egrep (GNU grep) 2.4d'' did not have this problem.

>How-To-Repeat:
echo hi | egrep '(
hi)'

>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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