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bug#52873: expr unexpected syntax error
From: |
Martin Rixham |
Subject: |
bug#52873: expr unexpected syntax error |
Date: |
Wed, 29 Dec 2021 12:42:24 +0000 |
I'm getting an error from the following:
[martin@fedora ~]$ expr ')' : '.*'
expr: syntax error: unexpected ')'
There also seems to be a similar problem with:
expr '(' : '.*'
Here's the version:
[martin@fedora ~]$ expr --version
expr (GNU coreutils) 8.32
Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <
https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
Written by Mike Parker, James Youngman, and Paul Eggert.
And a uname for good measure:
[martin@fedora ~]$ uname -a
Linux fedora 5.15.7-200.fc35.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Dec 8 19:00:47 UTC 2021
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Thanks,
Martin
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Martin Rixham <=