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Paracompact | on: “This is not the computer for you”
`grep -P` kinda annoying. GNU has Perl-compatible regex, and BSD does not. You're reaching for `perl` or installing `ggrep` the moment you need a lookbehind.
kybernetyk | parent
BSD grep is the pure grep version though. Perl regex is unnecessary bloat.