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Date:      Tue, 17 Jan 1995 19:09:19 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Paul Richards <paul@isl.cf.ac.uk>
To:        ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com (Thomas David Rivers)
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@wcarchive.cdrom.com, freebsd-hackers@wcarchive.cdrom.com
Subject:   Re: Probable bug in /bin/sh (backslash processing again.)
Message-ID:  <199501171909.TAA03340@isl.cf.ac.uk>
In-Reply-To: <199501170153.UAA19381@ponds.UUCP> from "Thomas David Rivers" at Jan 16, 95 08:53:32 pm

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In reply to Thomas David Rivers who said
> This is most likely a bug in /bin/sh backslash processing within quotes.
> 

I've fixed this in current. With the current sh,

isl:~% sh
$ egreppat="^(` sed -e 's/[.+*()|[]/\\\\&/g' -e 's/,/|/g' </tmp/t1 `) "
$ echo $egreppat
^(rec\.collecting)
$ 


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  Paul Richards, FreeBSD core team member. 
  Phone: +44 1222 874000 x6646 (work), +44 1222 457651 (home)
  Dept. Mechanical Engineering, University of Wales, College Cardiff.
  Internet: paul@FreeBSD.org,  JANET(UK): RICHARDSDP@CARDIFF.AC.UK



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