On 2015-11-05 13:28, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > > I tried Tim's example > > > > $ seq 5 | grep '1*' > > 1 > > 2 > > 3 > > 4 > > 5 > > $ > > I don't understand this. What on earth is grep matching? How does > "4" match "1*"?
The line with "4" matches "zero or more 1s". If it was searching for a literal "1*" (as would happen with fgrep or "grep -F"), it would return no results: $ seq 5 | fgrep '1*' $ -tkc -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
