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Bug#1106335: grep: non-sensical matches - "over-matching"

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Package: grep
Version: 3.8-5

PATH_TEST="../../dir/dir/dir/dir/@#$%^&*()-_=+\\|;:'\",<.>/?/";
echo "$PATH_TEST" | grep "^\.\?\.\?\([a-zA-Z0-9@#$%^&*()-_=+\|;:'",<>/?]\+\)\+/\?$";

. is not within the character set portion of the match specification provided to grep.
../../ is matched; I expect it to match only '../', therefore no match for the line.
. is also matched in the ,<.> portion toward the end of the path.

SOURCE="[[]]";
echo "$SOURCE" | grep "[[]]\+"

The very first [ is not matched in this string.
grep "[\[\]]\+" does not match it either.

Regards,
sunny

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Bug#1106335: grep: non-sensical matches - "over-matching" Sunny73Cr <Sunny73Cr@protonmail.com> - 2025-05-23 04:00 +0200
  Bug#1106335:  Sunny73Cr <Sunny73Cr@protonmail.com> - 2025-05-23 04:20 +0200

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