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\(\) are part of BRE syntax. They are not GNU extensions. Source: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/7908799/xbd/re.html#tag_007_003_006 http://pubs.opengrou

by jwilk 9y ago

\(\) are part of BRE syntax. They are not GNU extensions. Source: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/7908799/xbd/re.html#tag_007_003_006 http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/7908799/xbd/re.html#tag...

Hello71 9y ago
er, I meant \{\}.
- jwilk 9y ago
  \{n\}, \{n,\} and \{n,m\} are all in POSIX. \{,m\} is a (pretty obscure) GNU extensions.
  - Hello71 9y ago
    hm, I could've sworn it wasn't. http://www.regular-expressions.info/gnu.html http://www.regular-expressions.info/gnu.html says that \?, \+, and \| are GNU extensions though.