f wrote: > I just reinstalled "less" from the cygwin site. > It still doesn't seem to anchor to word boundaries > using regex(3) rules i.e. \<SomeWord\> doesn't > match anything, as does <SomeWord>. I read > a posting suggesing a solution by using perl > syntax (apparently): > > /\bSomeWord\b > > That works, but is there a known reason why > the regex notation doesn't work?
Because less is linked with pcre(3), not regex(3). Max. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
