From: Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Date: Sat, 3 Sep 1994 23:05:04 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: (shell-command-regexp): Use a simpler faster regexp.
X-Git-Tag: emacs-19.34~7160
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a8e0effbfb643b914fc9e1b5555b9bc21f2c57fd;p=emacs.git

(shell-command-regexp): Use a simpler faster regexp.
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diff --git a/lisp/shell.el b/lisp/shell.el
index e5e023a52c3..3a502634312 100644
--- a/lisp/shell.el
+++ b/lisp/shell.el
@@ -182,10 +182,9 @@ shell buffer.
 
 This is a fine thing to set in your `.emacs' file.")
 
-(defvar shell-command-regexp "\\((.*)\\|[^;&|]\\)+"
-  "*Regexp to match shell commands.
-Elements of pipes are considered as separate commands, forks and redirections
-as part of one command.")
+(defvar shell-command-regexp "[^;&|\n]+"
+  "*Regexp to match a single command within a pipeline.
+This is used for directory tracking and does not do a perfect job.")
 
 (defvar shell-completion-execonly t
   "*If non-nil, use executable files only for completion candidates.