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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2006-08-03 13:58:08 +0000
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2006-08-03 13:58:08 +0000
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.el .ds dg (!)
.TH REGEX 7 1994-02-07
.SH NAME
-regex \- POSIX 1003.2 regular expressions
+regex \- POSIX.2 regular expressions
.SH DESCRIPTION
Regular expressions (``RE''s),
-as defined in POSIX 1003.2, come in two forms:
+as defined in POSIX.2, come in two forms:
modern REs (roughly those of
.IR egrep ;
1003.2 calls these ``extended'' REs)
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ A character class may not be used as an endpoint of a range.
.\" .BR wctype (3))
.\" or an underscore.
.\" This is an extension,
-.\" compatible with but not specified by POSIX 1003.2,
+.\" compatible with but not specified by POSIX.2,
.\" and should be used with
.\" caution in software intended to be portable to other systems.
.PP
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ so that (e.g.) `\e([bc]\e)\e1' matches `bb' or `cc' but not `bc'.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR regex (3)
.PP
-POSIX 1003.2, section 2.8 (Regular Expression Notation).
+POSIX.2, section 2.8 (Regular Expression Notation).
.SH BUGS
Having two kinds of REs is a botch.
.PP