Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 09:58:51 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 203279] /bin/expr operator : fails when the string has a leading hyphen. Message-ID: <bug-203279-8@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=203279 Bug ID: 203279 Summary: /bin/expr operator : fails when the string has a leading hyphen. Product: Base System Version: 10.2-RELEASE Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Some People Priority: --- Component: bin Assignee: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: egilb@ife.no expr on other *NIX versions seems to handle a leading hyphen in the text string. On FreeBSD, the hyphen is parsed as an illegal option: /bin/expr '-XXabs' : '.*\(aa*\)' expr: illegal option -- X expr: usage: expr [-e] expression A trivial workaround is to use grouping: /bin/expr \( '-XXabs' : '.*\(aa*\)' \) a -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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