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From: david@twg.com (David S. Herron)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1
Subject: Re: egrep on the 3b1 is weird!
Keywords: egrep unix-pc 3b1
Message-ID: <8783@gollum.twg.com>
Date: 21 Mar 91 01:59:12 GMT
References: <1268@hico2.UUCP>
Organization: The Wollongong Group, Palo Alto, CA
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In article <1268@hico2.UUCP> kak@hico2.UUCP (Kris A. Kugel) writes:
>Am I confused, or does egrep on the 3b1
>handle multiple regular expressions incorrectly?
>
>	egrep 'foo|bar'
>
>seems to match '[fb][oa][or]' patterns,
>instead of what I wanted (matching lines with "foo" or "bar")

Try

	egrep '(foo)|(bar)'

And read the F'ing manual a little more closely next time ...


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