[bug #31330] Possible RegEx bug in locate

[anonymous]

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                 Summary: Possible RegEx bug in locate
                 Project: findutils
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Thu 14 Oct 2010 02:04:15 PM UTC
                Category: locate
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Wrong result
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: John Muir
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 4.5.9
           Fixed Release: None

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Details:

I may be mistaken, but surely the last two hits don't satisfy the regular
expression?

locate -ir .*/c/wrk/.*/src.*/grep\..*$
/cygdrive/c/c/wrk/Grep/src/Grep.java
/cygdrive/c/c/wrk/Grep/src/GrepSimplePattern.java
/cygdrive/c/c/wrk/Grep/src/GrepVisitor.java

(cut 'n' pasted from a Cygwin window)




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