On Aug 31 17:23, Nellis, Kenneth wrote: > From: Achim Gratz > > Adam Dinwoodie writes: > > > However, if I search for `libstdc\+\+\.la`, despite this being just the > > > full name of the file that is being matched above, I get no results[1]! > > > > You'll notice that if you simply search for libstdc++.la you'll get the > > result you seem to want, so there is some auto-escaping going on that > > doesn't appear to be described anywhere. > > So, which regex syntax does the web page want: regular, extended (-E), > or Perl (-P)? The web page should specify which or, better yet, allow us > to specify which.
It's a grep BRE. The backslashes are unneeded and even in the way of what you're trying to grep. I clarified this a bit on the package search page. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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