svn commit: r340091 - head/contrib/one-true-awk

[Devin Teske]

Author: dteske
Date: Fri Nov  2 23:03:40 2018
New Revision: 340091
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/340091

Log:
  Update awk(1) manual to state an exception to egrep(1)-like RE syntax
  
  Reviewed by:	imp, jmg
  MFC after:	3 days
  Sponsored by:	Smule, Inc.
  Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D17739

Modified:
  head/contrib/one-true-awk/awk.1

Modified: head/contrib/one-true-awk/awk.1
==============================================================================
--- head/contrib/one-true-awk/awk.1	Fri Nov  2 22:50:13 2018	(r340090)
+++ head/contrib/one-true-awk/awk.1	Fri Nov  2 23:03:40 2018	(r340091)
@@ -352,9 +352,13 @@ Patterns are arbitrary Boolean combinations
 of regular expressions and
 relational expressions.
 Regular expressions are as in
-.IR egrep ; 
-see
-.IR grep (1).
+.IR egrep (1) 
+except numeric quantifiers are not supported beyond the basic
+.B +
+and
+.B ?
+for quantities \&\f(CW"0 or 1"\fP and \&\f(CW"1 or more"\fP
+respectively.
 Isolated regular expressions
 in a pattern apply to the entire line.
 Regular expressions may also occur in