Hi Adam, I think you need to use the -k option to get the behaviour you want.
As I read the manpage what agrep does is search for the 'pattern' - and that pattern includes searching for the regexp, and then if it doesn't find it gives you the 'best' (with -B). But because you passed it things with '.' they form part of a regexp meaning 'anything' so the regexp matches properly, and it never goes into finding a 'best' case. -k solves that by never allowing regexp. ** Changed in: agrep (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/508973 Title: improper matching of certain words To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/agrep/+bug/508973/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs