I can't trigger your problem, even with a different LANG setting: $ export LANG=es_ES.utf8 $ echo $LANG es_ES.utf8 $ echo hello123 | sed -e "s,^[^0-9]*-,,g" hello123
-- apt-get fails with LANG=es_ES.utf8, succeeds with LANG=C https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/663694 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs