Comment by shortrounddev2
3 years ago
Obviously everything is preference, but I prefer things like expanded regex in gnu grep to the underpowered macOS utils
3 years ago
Obviously everything is preference, but I prefer things like expanded regex in gnu grep to the underpowered macOS utils
GNU and BSD grep both default to "basic" regular expressions and both have the `-E` switch to use "extended" expressions.
Last time I used macOS (which was 6 years ago) there was no extended expressions, or the regex syntax was limited. I forget (again, haven't used an apple product in years)
It's not necessary to install a suite of commands if you want updated grep.
Just use Homebrew and you can install different versions of grep, including GNU's:
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