GNU bug report logs - #22535
REQ: regex dialect switching (for -F and -I)

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Subject: REQ: regex dialect switching (for -F and -I)
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It would be nice to be able to use other regex dialects in -F and -I (i.e. o=
nes where you don't have to escape pipes and parens). Possibly some code can=
 be borrowed from find(1)'s -regextype switch?

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