Re: expr: bug in info-page

[email protected] (Bob Proulx) Sun, 22 Sep 2002 14:16:11 -0600
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.sh-utils.bugs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Thomas Goerlich <[email protected]> [2002-09-22 20:13:50 +0200]:
> i think i found a minor mistake in the documentation of the "expr"-util.
> version of the info-pages:
> 
> > zz-Info: (sh-utils.info.gz)Examples of expr, 27 lines
> 
> line 10 says:
> 
>  expr $fname : '.*/\(^.*\)' '^|' $fname
> 
> this leads to an error message, complaining about the syntax.
> 
> IMHO it should say:
> 
>  expr $fname : '.*/\(.*\)' '|' $fname

Thanks for that report.  The documentation does seem to be in error
there.  Your help in finding and reporing that is appreciated.

Bob