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howtos:general_admin:cli_constructs_and_useful_info [2012/12/24 12:08 (UTC)] – [Regex] hazelhowtos:general_admin:cli_constructs_and_useful_info [2012/12/24 12:11 (UTC)] – [Regular expressions] hazel
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     * Example: ''\<[tT]he\>'' matches the word ''the'' or ''The''.     * Example: ''\<[tT]he\>'' matches the word ''the'' or ''The''.
   * ''*'' matches any number of the previous character or nothing = no character. Example: ''[0-9]*'' which will match any number of numbers. ''.*'' matches any number of anything.   * ''*'' matches any number of the previous character or nothing = no character. Example: ''[0-9]*'' which will match any number of numbers. ''.*'' matches any number of anything.
-=== Extended ===+=== Extended regular expressions ===
 The following must be supported by the program for them to work. For example for grep you must run ''egrep'' or ''grep -E''. The following must be supported by the program for them to work. For example for grep you must run ''egrep'' or ''grep -E''.
   * ''+'' matches any number of the previous character, like ''*'', but there must be at least one to match, so it will not match nothing or no character.   * ''+'' matches any number of the previous character, like ''*'', but there must be at least one to match, so it will not match nothing or no character.

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