Re: [Help-bash] perl regex in bash

[DJ Mills]

On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 11:17 AM, Peng Yu <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi,

It seems that bash only accept POSIX regex as stated in regex(3). Is
there a way to allow perl regex in bash. In particular, I want to use
(?:...) as defined in perl.

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Regards,
Peng

Regex is not always the answer. In fact, it's often the worst way to solve a given problem. What are you actually trying to do that makes you think you need PCRE? If you really want them, use perl, but I can guarantee there's another, possibly better, way to do what you want.