[lug] grep question

[Chip Atkinson]

Woohoo!  That's exactly it.  Thanks so much!
Is it possbile to give a brief synopsis rather than the long one?
Thanks in advance.
Chip

On Sun, 10 Jun 2007, Jeffrey Haemer wrote:

> 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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