> there should be no match to the re $junk. > it's impossible for there to be text after then > end of line.
1) from the regexp grammer, $junk is a valid regexp 2) grep checks input line-by-line 3) the answer to a question whether a *line* complies with '$whatever' is --- I believe --- undefined. (It definitely should match '$'; however comparing with '$whatever' gets us outside the definitions). Ruda
