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# sk169594 - cp_log_export commands fail with "grep: this version of PCRE is compiled without UTF support" error

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk169594 |
| Date Created | 2020-09-28 |
| Last Modified | 2025-06-30 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Security Management Server |
| Versions | R82, R81.20, R81.10 (EOS) |

## Symptoms

- * The *cp_log_export* commands fail with this error:  

  "*grep: this version of PCRE is compiled without UTF support*".

* This command returns the same error.:  

  *grep -oP '(?\<=).\*?(?=)' /dev/null*

## Cause

Check Point's *cp_log_export* command runs the script with the "P" flag in the *grep* command. The "P" flag interprets the patterns as Perl-compatible regular expressions (PCRE).

In addition, this error can appear if the user's default shell was changed to a shell other then */etc/cli.sh* or */bin/bash* .  

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