From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 12 00:50:14 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2444C1065679 for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:50:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD2CA8FC16 for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:50:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q3C0oDKS084963 for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:50:13 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q3C0oDe2084962; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:50:13 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:50:13 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201204120050.q3C0oDe2084962@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Jim Pryor Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A047D106564A for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:43:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from red.freebsd.org (red.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A90D8FC0C for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:43:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from red.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q3C0hTOL048484 for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:43:29 GMT (envelope-from nobody@red.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id q3C0hTex048478; Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:43:29 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <201204120043.q3C0hTex048478@red.freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:43:29 GMT From: Jim Pryor To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: bin/166862: grep [[:alnum:]]* only matches once X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:50:14 -0000 >Number: 166862 >Category: bin >Synopsis: grep [[:alnum:]]* only matches once >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Apr 12 00:50:13 UTC 2012 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Jim Pryor >Release: 9.0-PRELEASE >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD vaio.jimpryor.net 9.0-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 9.0-PRERELEASE #0: Tue Nov 29 02:45:33 EST 2011 root@vaio.jimpryor.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MINE amd64 >Description: This behaves as expected: $ printf '_abc d_ef 1ghi' | grep -o '[[:alnum:]_]\+' _abc d_ef 1ghi But this gives only a single match: 8:36 PM vaio pts8 .../arch/usr/share/man $ printf '_abc d_ef 1ghi' | grep -o '[[:alnum:]_]*' _abc Same results if we use egrep instead, or use "\w" instead of "[[:alnum:]_]". grep version line: /* $FreeBSD: src/usr.bin/grep/grep.c,v 1.11.2.3 2011/10/20 16:08:11 gabor Exp $ >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: