Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2021 17:12:47 GMT From: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org Subject: git: 421eebb4f8a3 - stable/12 - Update awk(1) manual to state an exception to egrep(1)-like RE syntax Message-ID: <202107101712.16AHClDo088194@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch stable/12 has been updated by imp: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=421eebb4f8a346e7f91a5fde31e67b4193f289ff commit 421eebb4f8a346e7f91a5fde31e67b4193f289ff Author: Devin Teske <dteske@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2018-11-02 23:03:40 +0000 Commit: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2021-07-10 17:11:14 +0000 Update awk(1) manual to state an exception to egrep(1)-like RE syntax Reviewed by: imp, jmg MFC after: 3 days Sponsored by: Smule, Inc. Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D17739 (cherry picked from commit e0ff4751f0a9757f0bfc776b5da5421f6294daf8) --- contrib/one-true-awk/awk.1 | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/contrib/one-true-awk/awk.1 b/contrib/one-true-awk/awk.1 index b0d243b495cc..b2c36558fc83 100644 --- a/contrib/one-true-awk/awk.1 +++ b/contrib/one-true-awk/awk.1 @@ -352,9 +352,13 @@ Patterns are arbitrary Boolean combinations of regular expressions and relational expressions. Regular expressions are as in -.IR egrep ; -see -.IR grep (1). +.IR egrep (1) +except numeric quantifiers are not supported beyond the basic +.B + +and +.B ? +for quantities \&\f(CW"0 or 1"\fP and \&\f(CW"1 or more"\fP +respectively. Isolated regular expressions in a pattern apply to the entire line. Regular expressions may also occur in
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