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From:	"Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
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Subject:	Re: less 378 still not anchoring to \<word\>
Date:	Sun, 2 Feb 2003 11:17:53 -0000
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f wrote:
> I just reinstalled "less" from the cygwin site.
> It still doesn't seem to anchor to word boundaries
> using regex(3) rules i.e. \<SomeWord\> doesn't
> match anything, as does <SomeWord>.   I read
> a posting suggesing a solution by using perl
> syntax (apparently):
> 
>     /\bSomeWord\b
> 
> That works, but is there a known reason why
> the regex notation doesn't work?

Because less is linked with pcre(3), not regex(3).


Max.


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