Re: Grep for Windows

Hi,

On Dec 15, 2006, at 8:36 AM, maxwell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Since there doesn't seem to be any standard regex syntax (grep,  
> sed, etc. all seem to have slightly different views on the issue),  
> maybe learning Perl syntax for regex's isn't that bad.  I believe  
> Python uses the same syntax.

Python does.  Also, recent gnu  versions of grep support perl-style  
regexps using the -P option.  For better or worse, perl regexps seem  
to have become the standard.

> Besides, none of the standard grep implementations that I know of  
> handle Unicode (at least not in any useful way).

Gnu grep 2.5.1 supports Unicode, though I guess it's debatable just  
how useful it is.  The next version is supposed to be much better on  
that front.

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Rob Malouf <rmalouf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Department of Linguistics and Asian/Middle Eastern Languages
San Diego State University