[PLUG] bash surprise

[Bill Spears]

On Fri, 2004-02-13 at 11:10, Zot O'Connor wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-02-13 at 10:47, Bill Spears wrote:
> > Try this:
> > $ echo B | grep [a-z]
> > 
> > Cure seems to be LC_ALL=C.
> > 
> 
> This is a grep issue:
> 
> man grep:
> 
>        Within a bracket expression, a range expression consists of two charac-
>        ters separated by a hyphen.  It matches any single character that sorts
>        between the two characters, inclusive,  using  the  localeâs  collating
>        sequence  and  character  set.   For  example, in the default C locale,
>        [a-d] is equivalent to [abcd].  
> >>>>>>>>
>        Many locales sort characters in dictio-
>        nary  order,  and in these locales [a-d] is typically not equivalent to
>        [abcd]; it might be equivalent to [aBbCcDd], for  example.   To  obtain
>        the  traditional interpretation of bracket expressions, you can use the
>        C locale by setting the LC_ALL environment variable to the value C.
My thoughts exactly. I just thought it should have been set.
BTW, LC_ALL=C goes in /etc/profile right?

Bill Spears <bspears at easystreet.com>