Author: dteske Date: Fri Nov 2 23:03:40 2018 New Revision: 340091 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/340091
Log: Update awk(1) manual to state an exception to egrep(1)-like RE syntax Reviewed by: imp, jmg MFC after: 3 days Sponsored by: Smule, Inc. Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D17739 Modified: head/contrib/one-true-awk/awk.1 Modified: head/contrib/one-true-awk/awk.1 ============================================================================== --- head/contrib/one-true-awk/awk.1 Fri Nov 2 22:50:13 2018 (r340090) +++ head/contrib/one-true-awk/awk.1 Fri Nov 2 23:03:40 2018 (r340091) @@ -352,9 +352,13 @@ Patterns are arbitrary Boolean combinations of regular expressions and relational expressions. Regular expressions are as in -.IR egrep ; -see -.IR grep (1). +.IR egrep (1) +except numeric quantifiers are not supported beyond the basic +.B + +and +.B ? +for quantities \&\f(CW"0 or 1"\fP and \&\f(CW"1 or more"\fP +respectively. Isolated regular expressions in a pattern apply to the entire line. Regular expressions may also occur in _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
