---------------------------- Test 1 ------------------------------ PATTERN at the start of a line. In the middle of a line, PATTERN appears. Check up on PATTERN near the end. RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 2 ------------------------------ PATTERN at the start of a line. RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 3 ------------------------------ 7:PATTERN at the start of a line. 8:In the middle of a line, PATTERN appears. 10:This pattern is in lower case. 623:Check up on PATTERN near the end. RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 4 ------------------------------ 4 RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 5 ------------------------------ ./testdata/grepinput:7:PATTERN at the start of a line. ./testdata/grepinput:8:In the middle of a line, PATTERN appears. ./testdata/grepinput:10:This pattern is in lower case. ./testdata/grepinput:623:Check up on PATTERN near the end. ./testdata/grepinputx:3:Here is the pattern again. ./testdata/grepinputx:5:Pattern ./testdata/grepinputx:42:This line contains pattern not on a line by itself. RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 6 ------------------------------ 7:PATTERN at the start of a line. 8:In the middle of a line, PATTERN appears. 10:This pattern is in lower case. 623:Check up on PATTERN near the end. 3:Here is the pattern again. 5:Pattern 42:This line contains pattern not on a line by itself. RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 7 ------------------------------ ./testdata/grepinput ./testdata/grepinputx RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 8 ------------------------------ ./testdata/grepinput RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 9 ------------------------------ RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 10 ----------------------------- RC=1 ---------------------------- Test 11 ----------------------------- 1:This is a second file of input for the pcregrep tests. 2: 4: 5:Pattern 6:That time it was on a line by itself. 7: 8:To pat or not to pat, that is the question. 9: 10:complete pair 11:of lines 12: 13:That was a complete pair 14:of lines all by themselves. 15: 16:complete pair 17:of lines 18: 19:And there they were again, to check line numbers. 20: 21:one 22:two 23:three 24:four 25:five 26:six 27:seven 28:eight 29:nine 30:ten 31:eleven 32:twelve 33:thirteen 34:fourteen 35:fifteen 36:sixteen 37:seventeen 38:eighteen 39:nineteen 40:twenty 41: 43:This is the last line of this file. RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 12 ----------------------------- Pattern RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 13 ----------------------------- Here is the pattern again. That time it was on a line by itself. seventeen This line contains pattern not on a line by itself. RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 14 ----------------------------- ./testdata/grepinputx:To pat or not to pat, that is the question. RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 15 ----------------------------- pcre2grep: Error in command-line regex at offset 4: quantifier does not follow a repeatable item RC=2 ---------------------------- Test 16 ----------------------------- pcre2grep: Failed to open ./testdata/nonexistfile: No such file or directory RC=2 ---------------------------- Test 17 ----------------------------- features should be added at the end, because some of the tests involve the output of line numbers, and we don't want these to change. RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 18 ----------------------------- 4:features should be added at the end, because some of the tests involve the output of line numbers, and we don't want these to change. 583:brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 19 ----------------------------- Pattern RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 20 ----------------------------- 10:complete pair of lines 16:complete pair of lines RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 21 ----------------------------- 24:four 25-five 26-six 27-seven -- 34:fourteen 35-fifteen 36-sixteen 37-seventeen RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 22 ----------------------------- 21-one 22-two 23-three 24:four -- 31-eleven 32-twelve 33-thirteen 34:fourteen RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 23 ----------------------------- one two three four five six seven -- eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 24 ----------------------------- four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty This line contains pattern not on a line by itself. This is the last line of this file. RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 25 ----------------------------- 15- 16-complete pair 17-of lines 18- 19-And there they were again, to check line numbers. 20- 21-one 22-two 23-three 24:four 25-five 26-six 27-seven 28-eight 29-nine 30-ten 31-eleven 32-twelve 33-thirteen 34:fourteen RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 26 ----------------------------- complete pair of lines And there they were again, to check line numbers. one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty This line contains pattern not on a line by itself. This is the last line of this file. RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 27 ----------------------------- four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty This line contains pattern not on a line by itself. This is the last line of this file. RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 28 ----------------------------- 14-of lines all by themselves. 15- 16-complete pair 17-of lines 18- 19-And there they were again, to check line numbers. 20- 21-one 22-two 23-three 24:four 25-five 26-six 27-seven 28-eight 29-nine 30-ten 31-eleven 32-twelve 33-thirteen 34:fourteen RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 29 ----------------------------- of lines all by themselves. complete pair of lines And there they were again, to check line numbers. one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty This line contains pattern not on a line by itself. This is the last line of this file. RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 30 ----------------------------- ./testdata/grepinput-4-features should be added at the end, because some of the tests involve the ./testdata/grepinput-5-output of line numbers, and we don't want these to change. ./testdata/grepinput-6- ./testdata/grepinput:7:PATTERN at the start of a line. ./testdata/grepinput:8:In the middle of a line, PATTERN appears. ./testdata/grepinput-9- ./testdata/grepinput:10:This pattern is in lower case. -- ./testdata/grepinput-620-PUT NEW DATA ABOVE THIS LINE. ./testdata/grepinput-621-============================= ./testdata/grepinput-622- ./testdata/grepinput:623:Check up on PATTERN near the end. -- ./testdata/grepinputx-1-This is a second file of input for the pcregrep tests. ./testdata/grepinputx-2- ./testdata/grepinputx:3:Here is the pattern again. ./testdata/grepinputx-4- ./testdata/grepinputx:5:Pattern -- ./testdata/grepinputx-39-nineteen ./testdata/grepinputx-40-twenty ./testdata/grepinputx-41- ./testdata/grepinputx:42:This line contains pattern not on a line by itself. RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 31 ----------------------------- ./testdata/grepinput:7:PATTERN at the start of a line. ./testdata/grepinput:8:In the middle of a line, PATTERN appears. ./testdata/grepinput-9- ./testdata/grepinput:10:This pattern is in lower case. ./testdata/grepinput-11- ./testdata/grepinput-12-Here follows a whole lot of stuff that makes the file over 24KiB long. ./testdata/grepinput-13- -- ./testdata/grepinput:623:Check up on PATTERN near the end. ./testdata/grepinput-624-This is the last line of this file. -- ./testdata/grepinputx:3:Here is the pattern again. ./testdata/grepinputx-4- ./testdata/grepinputx:5:Pattern ./testdata/grepinputx-6-That time it was on a line by itself. ./testdata/grepinputx-7- ./testdata/grepinputx-8-To pat or not to pat, that is the question. -- ./testdata/grepinputx:42:This line contains pattern not on a line by itself. ./testdata/grepinputx-43-This is the last line of this file. RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 32 ----------------------------- ./testdata/grepinputx RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 33 ----------------------------- pcre2grep: Failed to open ./testdata/grepnonexist: No such file or directory RC=2 ---------------------------- Test 34 ----------------------------- RC=2 ---------------------------- Test 35 ----------------------------- ./testdata/grepinput8 ./testdata/grepinputx RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 36 ----------------------------- ./testdata/grepinput3 ./testdata/grepinputx RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 37 ----------------------------- 24KiB long so that it needs more than a single read() call to process it. New aaaaa0 aaaaa2 010203040506 RC=0 ======== STDERR ======== pcre2grep: pcre2_match() gave error -47 while matching this text: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa pcre2grep: pcre2_match() gave error -47 while matching this text: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa pcre2grep: Error -46, -47, -53 or -63 means that a resource limit was exceeded. pcre2grep: Check your regex for nested unlimited loops. ---------------------------- Test 38 ------------------------------ This line contains a binary zero here >< for testing. RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 39 ------------------------------ This is a line before the binary zero. This line contains a binary zero here >< for testing. RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 40 ------------------------------ This line contains a binary zero here >< for testing. This is a line after the binary zero. RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 41 ------------------------------ before the binary zero after the binary zero RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 42 ------------------------------ ./testdata/grepinput:595:before the binary zero ./testdata/grepinput:597:after the binary zero RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 43 ------------------------------ 595:before 595:zero 596:zero 597:after 597:zero RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 44 ------------------------------ 595:before 595:zero 596:zero 597:zero RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 45 ------------------------------ 10:pattern 595:binary 596:binary 597:binary RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 46 ------------------------------ pcre2grep: Error in 2nd command-line regex at offset 9: missing closing parenthesis RC=2 ---------------------------- Test 47 ------------------------------ AB.VE RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 48 ------------------------------ ABOVE the elephant AB.VE AB.VE the turtle RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 49 ------------------------------ ABOVE the elephant AB.VE AB.VE the turtle PUT NEW DATA ABOVE THIS LINE. RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 50 ------------------------------ RC=1 ---------------------------- Test 51 ------------------------------ over the lazy dog. This time it jumps and jumps and jumps. This line contains \E and (regex) *meta* [characters]. The word is cat in this line The caterpillar sat on the mat The snowcat is not an animal A buried feline in the syndicate RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 52 ------------------------------ fox jumps This time it jumps and jumps and jumps. RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 53 ------------------------------ 36976,6 36994,4 37028,4 37070,5 37087,4 RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 54 ------------------------------ 595:15,6 595:33,4 596:28,4 597:15,5 597:32,4 RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 55 ----------------------------- Here is the pattern again. That time it was on a line by itself. This line contains pattern not on a line by itself. RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 56 ----------------------------- ./testdata/grepinput:456 ./testdata/grepinput3:0 ./testdata/grepinput8:0 ./testdata/grepinputM:0 ./testdata/grepinputv:1 ./testdata/grepinputx:0 RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 57 ----------------------------- ./testdata/grepinput:456 ./testdata/grepinputv:1 RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 58 ----------------------------- PATTERN at the start of a line. In the middle of a line, PATTERN appears. Check up on PATTERN near the end. RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 59 ----------------------------- PATTERN at the start of a line. In the middle of a line, PATTERN appears. Check up on PATTERN near the end. RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 60 ----------------------------- PATTERN at the start of a line. In the middle of a line, PATTERN appears. Check up on PATTERN near the end. RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 61 ----------------------------- PATTERN at the start of a line. In the middle of a line, PATTERN appears. Check up on PATTERN near the end. RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 62 ----------------------------- pcre2grep: pcre2_match() gave error -47 while matching text that starts: This is a file of miscellaneous text that is used as test data for checking that the pcregrep command is working correctly. The file must be more than 24KiB long so that it needs more than a single re pcre2grep: Error -46, -47, -53 or -63 means that a resource limit was exceeded. pcre2grep: Check your regex for nested unlimited loops. RC=1 ---------------------------- Test 63 ----------------------------- pcre2grep: pcre2_match() gave error -53 while matching text that starts: This is a file of miscellaneous text that is used as test data for checking that the pcregrep command is working correctly. The file must be more than 24KiB long so that it needs more than a single re pcre2grep: Error -46, -47, -53 or -63 means that a resource limit was exceeded. pcre2grep: Check your regex for nested unlimited loops. RC=1 ---------------------------- Test 64 ------------------------------ appears RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 65 ------------------------------ pear RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 66 ------------------------------ RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 67 ------------------------------ RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 68 ------------------------------ pear RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 69 ----------------------------- 1:This is a second file of input for the pcregrep tests. 2: 4: 5:Pattern 6:That time it was on a line by itself. 7: 8:To pat or not to pat, that is the question. 9: 10:complete pair 11:of lines 12: 13:That was a complete pair 14:of lines all by themselves. 15: 16:complete pair 17:of lines 18: 19:And there they were again, to check line numbers. 20: 21:one 22:two 23:three 24:four 25:five 26:six 27:seven 28:eight 29:nine 30:ten 31:eleven 32:twelve 33:thirteen 34:fourteen 35:fifteen 36:sixteen 37:seventeen 38:eighteen 39:nineteen 40:twenty 41: 43:This is the last line of this file. RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 70 ----------------------------- triple: t1_txt s1_tag s_txt p_tag p_txt o_tag o_txt triple: t3_txt s2_tag s_txt p_tag p_txt o_tag o_txt triple: t4_txt s1_tag s_txt p_tag p_txt o_tag o_txt triple: t6_txt s2_tag s_txt p_tag p_txt o_tag o_txt RC=0 1:triple: t1_txt s1_tag s_txt p_tag p_txt o_tag o_txt 6:triple: t3_txt s2_tag s_txt p_tag p_txt o_tag o_txt 8:triple: t4_txt s1_tag s_txt p_tag p_txt o_tag o_txt 13:triple: t6_txt s2_tag s_txt p_tag p_txt o_tag o_txt RC=0 triple: t1_txt s1_tag s_txt p_tag p_txt o_tag o_txt triple: t3_txt s2_tag s_txt p_tag p_txt o_tag o_txt triple: t4_txt s1_tag s_txt p_tag p_txt o_tag o_txt triple: t6_txt s2_tag s_txt p_tag p_txt o_tag o_txt RC=0 1:triple: t1_txt s1_tag s_txt p_tag p_txt o_tag o_txt 6:triple: t3_txt s2_tag s_txt p_tag p_txt o_tag o_txt 8:triple: t4_txt s1_tag s_txt p_tag p_txt o_tag o_txt 13:triple: t6_txt s2_tag s_txt p_tag p_txt o_tag o_txt RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 71 ----------------------------- 01 RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 72 ----------------------------- 010203040506 RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 73 ----------------------------- 01 RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 74 ----------------------------- 01 02 RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 75 ----------------------------- 010203040506 RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 76 ----------------------------- 01 02 RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 77 ----------------------------- 01 03 RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 78 ----------------------------- 010203040506 RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 79 ----------------------------- 01 03 RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 80 ----------------------------- 01 RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 81 ----------------------------- 010203040506 RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 82 ----------------------------- 01 RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 83 ----------------------------- pcre2grep: line 4 of file ./testdata/grepinput3 is too long for the internal buffer pcre2grep: the maximum buffer size is 100 pcre2grep: use the --max-buffer-size option to change it RC=2 ---------------------------- Test 84 ----------------------------- testdata/grepinputv:fox jumps testdata/grepinputx:complete pair testdata/grepinputx:That was a complete pair testdata/grepinputx:complete pair testdata/grepinput3:triple: t7_txt s1_tag s_txt p_tag p_txt o_tag o_txt RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 85 ----------------------------- ./testdata/grepinput3:Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 86 ----------------------------- Binary file ./testdata/grepbinary matches RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 87 ----------------------------- RC=1 ---------------------------- Test 88 ----------------------------- Binary file ./testdata/grepbinary matches RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 89 ----------------------------- RC=1 ---------------------------- Test 90 ----------------------------- RC=1 ---------------------------- Test 91 ----------------------------- The quick brown fx jumps over the lazy dog. RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 92 ----------------------------- The quick brown fx jumps over the lazy dog. RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 93 ----------------------------- The quick brown fx jumps over the lazy dog. RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 94 ----------------------------- ./testdata/grepinput8 ./testdata/grepinputx RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 95 ----------------------------- testdata/grepinputx:complete pair testdata/grepinputx:That was a complete pair testdata/grepinputx:complete pair RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 96 ----------------------------- ./testdata/grepinput3 ./testdata/grepinput8 ./testdata/grepinputx RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 97 ----------------------------- ./testdata/grepinput3 ./testdata/grepinputx RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 98 ----------------------------- ./testdata/grepinputx RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 99 ----------------------------- ./testdata/grepinput3 ./testdata/grepinputx RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 100 ------------------------------ ./testdata/grepinput:zerothe. ./testdata/grepinput:zeroa ./testdata/grepinput:zerothe. RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 101 ------------------------------ ./testdata/grepinput:.|zero|the|. ./testdata/grepinput:zero|a ./testdata/grepinput:.|zero|the|. RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 102 ----------------------------- 2: 5: 7: 9: 12: 14: RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 103 ----------------------------- RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 104 ----------------------------- 2: 5: 7: 9: 12: 14: RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 105 ----------------------------- triple: t1_txt s1_tag s_txt p_tag p_txt o_tag o_txt triple: t2_txt s1_tag s_txt p_tag p_txt o_tag Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. triple: t3_txt s2_tag s_txt p_tag p_txt o_tag o_txt triple: t4_txt s1_tag s_txt p_tag p_txt o_tag o_txt triple: t5_txt s1_tag s_txt p_tag p_txt o_tag o_txt triple: t6_txt s2_tag s_txt p_tag p_txt o_tag o_txt triple: t7_txt s1_tag s_txt p_tag p_txt o_tag o_txt RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 106 ----------------------------- a RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 107 ----------------------------- 1:0,1 2:0,1 2:1,1 2:2,1 2:3,1 2:4,1 RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 108 ------------------------------ RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 109 ----------------------------- RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 110 ----------------------------- match 1: a /1/a match 2: b /2/b match 3: c /3/c match 4: d /4/d match 5: e /5/e RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 111 ----------------------------- 607:0,12 609:0,12 611:0,12 613:0,12 615:0,12 RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 112 ----------------------------- 37172,12 37184,12 37196,12 37208,12 37220,12 RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 113 ----------------------------- 480 RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 114 ----------------------------- testdata/grepinput:469 testdata/grepinput3:0 testdata/grepinput8:0 testdata/grepinputM:2 testdata/grepinputv:3 testdata/grepinputx:6 TOTAL:480 RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 115 ----------------------------- testdata/grepinput:469 testdata/grepinputM:2 testdata/grepinputv:3 testdata/grepinputx:6 TOTAL:480 RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 116 ----------------------------- 478 RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 117 ----------------------------- 469 0 0 2 3 6 480 RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 118 ----------------------------- testdata/grepinput3 testdata/grepinput8 RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 119 ----------------------------- 123 456 789 --- abc def xyz --- RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 120 ------------------------------ ./testdata/grepinput:the binary zero.:zerothe. ./testdata/grepinput:a binary zero:zeroa ./testdata/grepinput:the binary zero.:zerothe. RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 121 ----------------------------- This line contains \E and (regex) *meta* [characters]. RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 122 ----------------------------- over the lazy dog. The word is cat in this line RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 123 ----------------------------- over the lazy dog. The word is cat in this line RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 124 ----------------------------- 3:start end in between start end and following 7:start end in between start end and following start end other stuff 11:start end in between start end 16:start end in between start end RC=0 3:start end in between start end and following 5-Other stuff 6- 7:start end in between start end and following start end other stuff 10- 11:start end in between start end 14- 15-** These two lines must be last. 16:start end in between start end RC=0 3:start end in between start end and following 7:start end in between start end and following start end other stuff 11:start end in between start end 16:start end in between start end RC=0 3:start end in between start end and following 5-Other stuff 6- 7:start end in between start end and following start end other stuff 10- 11:start end in between start end 14- 15-** These two lines must be last. 16:start end in between start end RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 125 ----------------------------- abcd RC=0 abcd RC=0 abcd RC=0 abcd RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 126 ----------------------------- ABCXYZ RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 127 ----------------------------- pattern RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 128 ----------------------------- pcre2grep: Requested group 1 cannot be captured. pcre2grep: Use --om-capture to increase the size of the capture vector. RC=2 ---------------------------- Test 129 ----------------------------- The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 130 ----------------------------- fox fox fox fox RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 131 ----------------------------- 2 RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 132 ----------------------------- match 1: a match 2: b --- a RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 133 ----------------------------- match 1: a match 2: b --- match 2: b match 3: c RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 134 ----------------------------- =AB3CD5= RC=0 ---------------------------- Test 135 ----------------------------- ./testdata/grepinputv@The word is cat in this line RC=0 ./testdata/grepinputv@./testdata/grepinputv@RC=0 ./testdata/grepinputv@This line contains \E and (regex) *meta* [characters]. ./testdata/grepinputv@The word is cat in this line ./testdata/grepinputv@The caterpillar sat on the mat RC=0 testdata/grepinputM3:start end in between start end and following testdata/grepinputM7:start end in between start end and following start end other stuff testdata/grepinputM11:start end in between start end testdata/grepinputM16:start end in between start end RC=0