mandiant / mandiant/brickstorm-scanner
[vCenter 8] grep: Perl matching not supported
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Description
👋 Hi, I tried running this script on Photon OS (VCenter8 appliance), and ran into an error:
grep: Perl matching not supported in a --disable-perl-regexp build
Seems like Photon’s grep is compiled without PCRE support (--disable-perl-regexp), so the -P option isn’t available.
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Research direction
Start by locating the script's grep invocation that uses the -P option and compare it with grep features available on Photon OS. Confirm the approach against the reported vCenter 8/Photon OS environment, then verify that the scan still produces its expected results without Perl-regexp support.
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- Tech stack
- shell
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100