GNU bug report logs - #55950
Inconsistency typo in info doc.

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Package: sed;

Reported by: Martin Castillo <castilma <at> uni-bremen.de>

Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 20:20:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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From: Martin Castillo <castilma <at> uni-bremen.de>
To: bug-sed <at> gnu.org
Subject: Inconsistency typo in info doc.
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 22:20:08 +0200

Hi,

in the info pages in chapter 5.4, Overview of extended regular 
expression syntax, it says:

Backreferences must still be escaped when using extended regular

In all other places it is written with hyphen as 'back-reference'.

Martin Castillo


$ sed --version
sed (GNU sed) 4.8
Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Lizenz GPLv3+: GNU GPL Version 3 oder neuer 
<https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
Dies ist freie Software: Sie dürfen sie verändern und verbreiten.
Es gibt KEINE GARANTIE, soweit diese nicht durch Gesetz vorgeschrieben
wird.
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