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boomer_joe · 2020-01-16 12:36:35

ripgrep isn't POSIX compliant. It's hardly a proper replacement.

bsdpufferfish | karma 327 | avg karma 1.58 · | 2023-12-30 16:07:43

ripgrep stole the name but doesn’t follow the posix standard.

creshal | karma 9162 | avg karma 3.75 · | 2020-05-03 20:35:01+00:00

From ripgrep's FAQ:

> Do you care about POSIX compatibility? If so, then you can't use ripgrep because it never was, isn't and never will be POSIX compatible.

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flurrything | karma 72 | avg karma 2.18 · | 2018-10-29 13:11:35

Could ripgrep offer a POSIX compatible mode?

lottin | karma 3312 | avg karma 1.43 · | 2021-08-21 14:48:29

This is not POSIX compliant though.

t-3 | karma 2177 | avg karma 1.5 · | 2018-09-15 00:31:23

He means it's not POSIX-compliant. You can't replace /bin/sh with it and expect stuff to work.

pjmlp | karma 109153 | avg karma 1.76 · | 2021-04-14 11:41:23+00:00

It cannot be a standard when it isn't part of POSIX.

burke | karma 3472 | avg karma 4.0 · | 2016-03-02 18:25:40

And a completely incompatible non-POSIX syntax, which sounds great in theory but isn't nearly enough better to justify the departure IMHO.

glup | karma 1661 | avg karma 3.81 · | 2018-07-19 16:47:02+00:00

OP probably meant POSIX-compliant

jolux | karma 6163 | avg karma 2.58 · | 2017-09-15 04:57:30

It's not bash or POSIX compatible at all, they're basically incompatible.

nikcub | karma 18169 | avg karma 7.31 · | 2012-03-17 23:00:38

not POSIX.

nwellnhof | karma 1060 | avg karma 3.15 · | 2018-03-06 07:00:29

More precisely, it isn't a POSIX utility.

yjftsjthsd-h | karma 28510 | avg karma 2.78 · | 2020-01-12 19:53:14

Because nobody has written a good (universal) alternative. POSIX sh is available everywhere and is extremely well suited to gluing things together.

jacquesm | karma 227883 | avg karma 3.76 · | 2022-12-25 15:39:55

That's not the same thing though, is it? Even desktop Linux is not technically POSIX compliant.

saagarjha | karma 56017 | avg karma 2.29 · | 2019-03-24 17:10:44+00:00

There are programs that violate POSIX and are picky about it.

pjmlp | karma 109153 | avg karma 1.76 · | 2019-10-30 18:00:10+00:00

That is what I mean by POSIX compliant, so I stand corrected. Thanks.

jcelerier | karma 10788 | avg karma 2.29 · | 2021-11-01 12:20:16

let's collectively mark POSIX as deprecated and move on

chungy | karma 5773 | avg karma 4.0 · | 2022-12-28 11:31:59

Most Linux distros don't claim to be POSIX compliant. (In fact, software on GNU/Linux in general doesn't claim to be such. Sometimes it's taken as a guideline, more often ignored entirely.)

pjmlp | karma 109153 | avg karma 1.76 · | 2021-05-30 10:29:17+00:00

Given that most people don't use POSIX rather GNU extensions, that is besides the point.

ktm5j | karma 634 | avg karma 2.58 · | 2024-01-21 12:11:41

I get where you're coming from, but there's an enormous ecosystem of software written for posix. You wouldn't just be starting over with new standards.. you'd be tossing out a whole world of software that we already have.