[lug] grep question

[Jeffrey Haemer]

export LANG=C

will cure this problem.

(If you want a long explanation, let me know and I'll write one tomorrow.
Right now, I'm, uh, otherwise occupied.)

On 6/10/07, Chip Atkinson <chip at pupman.com> wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> I'm trying to figure this one out:
>
> $ echo abcdefg | /usr/bin/grep "[A-Z]"
> abcdefg
>
> $ echo abcdefg | /usr/bin/grep -E "[A-Z]"
> abcdefg
>
>
> I always thought "[A-Z]" represented the characters A through Z, and not
> the characters a through z.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Chip
>
>
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