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| author | Jim Meyering <meyering@fb.com> | 2018-02-15 14:43:13 +1300 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <meyering@fb.com> | 2018-02-17 14:38:48 +1200 |
| commit | 9c816dbbff9f29eded52864545f1e34019708561 (patch) | |
| tree | d1d2bf6f774b3c1f7c48d101010d05e41aaa7573 /doc | |
| parent | 63d4174d0708b9fdf6795695f4fd603b0aad6eec (diff) | |
| download | grep-9c816dbbff9f29eded52864545f1e34019708561.tar.gz | |
doc: clarify that PCRE support is here to stay
* doc/grep.texi (grep Programs): Clarify: it's not PCRE support
that is experimental, but its combination with --null-data (-z).
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/grep.texi | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/grep.texi b/doc/grep.texi index 31116cdc..922d96ef 100644 --- a/doc/grep.texi +++ b/doc/grep.texi @@ -1131,8 +1131,8 @@ expressions), separated by newlines, any of which is to be matched. @opindex --perl-regexp @cindex matching Perl-compatible regular expressions Interpret the pattern as a Perl-compatible regular expression (PCRE). -This is experimental, particularly when combined with -the @option{-z} (@option{--null-data}) option, and +PCRE support is here to stay, but consider this option experimental when +combined with the @option{-z} (@option{--null-data}) option, and note that @samp{grep@ -P} may warn of unimplemented features. @xref{Other Options}. |