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Date:	Sun, 02 Feb 2003 06:51:17 -0500
From:	Shing-Fat Fred Ma <fma AT doe DOT carleton DOT ca>
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To:	Max Bowsher <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
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Subject:	Re: less 378 still not anchoring to \<word\>
References:	<3E3CF944 DOT 4050400 AT sympatico DOT ca> <011801c2caac$bac3e060$78d96f83 AT pomello>

Max Bowsher wrote:

> 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.

Thanks, Max.  The posting I saw did indeed mention
linking Perl, but I thought that meant added
features rather than different syntax.  It looks
like I better accelerate my picking up of Perl.

Fred

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