is grep broken (4.2)

harris at imsvax.UUCP harris at imsvax.UUCP
Tue Aug 14 07:24:06 AEST 1984


Our version of grep does not seem to work properly.
( grep 'am.le' /usr/dict/words ) finds words longer than 5 characters.
It is my understanding that '.' should only match one character.

		Harris Reavin

UUCP:	{umcp-cs!eneevax || seismo!rlgvax!elsie}!imsvax!harris



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