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bug #52592: Documentation for 'find' unclear on default regex type

Submitter:  None
Submitted:  Tue 05 Dec 2017 08:26:27 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  documentation Severity:  3 - Normal
Item Group:  None Status:  Fixed
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  jay
Originator Name:  Originator Email:  -email is unavailable-
Open/Closed:  Closed Release:  None
Fixed Release:  4.10.0
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Sun 19 May 2024 12:34:30 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Fixed in git (0582f8057e70a99b4caff4cb2aa5e5fffde3f970) a couple of days ago.

 James Youngman <jay>
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Tue 05 Dec 2017 08:26:27 PM UTC, original submission:  

Section 2.1.2 Full Name Patterns [1] states under '-regex' that the default regex dialect is "POSIX basic regular expressions", and just below, under '-regextype' it's stated that the default is "Regular expressions compatible with GNU Emacs".  (They differ in at least the support for '\{n,m\}' and '?')

The web documentation [2] still refers to  'posix-basic' regexes as synonym for the undocumented 'ed', but that seems to be fixed in git.


[1] https://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/manual/html_node/find_html/Full-Name-Patterns.html

[2] https://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/manual/html_node/find_html/Regular-Expressions.html#Regular-Expressions

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2024-06-01 berny Open/ClosedOpen Closed
        Fixed ReleaseNone 4.10.0
    2024-05-19 jay StatusNone Fixed
        Assigned toNone jay

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