> I assume it's because the if-lines match the regular expression in question, > which is as it should be.
I got other expectations for a desired software behaviour. I should take possessive quantifiers (or atomic grouping) better into account. > If not, could you give a self-contained example illustrating the bug? Which test result do you get for the command example “printf -- '\t\tif\n'|grep -E '^\s+[^i]'”? * Does the tool “grep” output any extra colour information also for matched tab characters? * Is the match marking just missing in the display from a “selection” of terminal programs for them? A similar clarification attempt resulted in a bit of better understanding for the software situation. https://github.com/beyondgrep/ack2/issues/661 Regards, Markus
