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bug#31979: csplit: a regexp pattern does not consider the negative offse
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Pádraig Brady |
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bug#31979: csplit: a regexp pattern does not consider the negative offset of a |
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Mon, 24 Sep 2018 23:52:57 -0700 |
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On 24/09/18 05:40, Stéphane Campinas wrote:
> Hi,
>
> After attempting to port csplit, I think I understand why it is like
> that: it is to stop the iteration in case a pattern should be executed
> several times. Therefore, maybe an easy fix is to alter the
> documentation to indicate that lines within a negative offset are not
> matched in subsequent patterns, with the exception of the line-based
> pattern.
Thanks for following up.
I pushed that clarification in your name at:
https://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=7262994
cheers,
Pádraig