[ale] regex question?

[Fletch]

>>>>> "Joseph" == Joseph A Knapka <Joseph> writes:


[... egrep examples elided ... ]

    Joseph> How interesting. Is this behavior possibly different in
    Joseph> Gnu grep vs other greps? 


        Perl's regexen are this way, and checking the man for a GNU
grep shows:


       Repetition takes precedence over concatenation,  which  in
       turn  takes  precedence  over alternation.  A whole subex-
       pression may be enclosed in parentheses to override  these
       precedence rules.


        So `|' is the lowest precedence, '*' et al are the highest
precedence (bind more tightly).

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