On 6/15/25 01:06, Rachel Roch wrote:
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> 14 Jun 2025, 16:21 by adrian.klaver@aklaver.com:
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>> Isn't fgrep -F redundant? As I understand it fgrep = grep -F
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> You have the wrong end of the stick. ;-)
Don't think so, the -F is redundant.
Try grep -F then fgrep and then fgrep -F on the same file.
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> As per Grep 3.8 release notes (https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2022-09/msg00001.html):
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> "The egrep and fgrep commands, which have been deprecated since release 2.5.3 (2007), now warn that they are
obsolescentand should be replaced by grep -E and grep -F."
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Adrian Klaver
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