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[bug #31330] Possible RegEx bug in locate


From: John Muir
Subject: [bug #31330] Possible RegEx bug in locate
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 07:51:06 +0000
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Follow-up Comment #3, bug #31330 (project findutils):

Thank you for the explanation. 

It seems that one must escape the backslash. This worked as I expected

locate -ir .*/c/wrk/.*/src.*/grep\..*$

locate -ir .<star>/c/wrk/.<star>/src.<star>/grep\..<star>$

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