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0 pointsshortrounddev23y ago0 comments

Obviously everything is preference, but I prefer things like expanded regex in gnu grep to the underpowered macOS utils

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GNU and BSD grep both default to "basic" regular expressions and both have the `-E` switch to use "extended" expressions.

shortrounddev2OP3y ago

Last time I used macOS (which was 6 years ago) there was no extended expressions, or the regex syntax was limited. I forget (again, haven't used an apple product in years)

alwillis3y ago

It's not necessary to install a suite of commands if you want updated grep.

Just use Homebrew and you can install different versions of grep, including GNU's:

    brew install grep

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