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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers regex problem with + Post 302362309 by radoulov on Thursday 15th of October 2009 02:29:42 PM
Old 10-15-2009
Because the + quantifier is part of the ERE's, so in that case you need the extended grep:
Code:
% echo cat | egrep '[a-z]+'
cat

 

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