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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] does current gnu grep support EREs out of the box?

  • Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] does current gnu grep support EREs out of the box?
  • From: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb [ at ] tricolour [ dot ] ca>
  • Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2018 09:40:15 -0500
On 2018-03-06 06:24, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>    Full Documentation
>        A complete manual ???http://www.gnu.org/software/grep/manual/??? is
>        available.  If the info and grep programs are properly installed
>        at your site, the command
> 
>               info grep
> 
>        should give you access to the complete manual.
> 
>    NOTES
>        This man page is maintained only fitfully; the full documentation
>        is often more up-to-date.
> 
> so now i'm aware that the man page for grep could be unreliable and
> the info page is the go-to source.

Welcome to FSF documentation.  info(1) sucks.

> rday


	slainte mhath, RGB

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