Linda Walsh wrote:
Perhaps you want to tell me where the documentation on the standard and/or extended RE's is that you use?
We're talking about grep, so the relevant documentation is the grep manual, not the awk manual or other random stuff you might find on the Internet. Type 'info grep'. Or if you're in Emacs, type 'C-h i m grep RET'.
I have good reasons -- not conspiracy, but capitalistic reasons for what I say
Whether you do or not, they're irrelevant to this discussion and to be honest that tinfoil-hat stuff isn't helping your case.