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- Autzoo.1551
- net.bugs.v7
- utzoo!henry
- Tue Apr 13 20:06:33 1982
- expr(1) misfeature
- Expr's : operator (pattern match), unlike every other pattern-matching
- facility in Unix, insists on matching the WHOLE string or failing. This
- inconsistency trips up everyone who tries to use the @#$% thing for the
- first time. There is no reason for it; expr could use the ^$ convention
- for anchored matching the same way awk does. Is there some reason for
- this botch?
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