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Re: expr, regular expressions and '^' ...


From: Andrew E. Kalman
Subject: Re: expr, regular expressions and '^' ...
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 01:50:18 GMT
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Jim and Paul:
  $ expr 'sfiaravrt-7s-sf' : '.*\(-7s\)'
  -7s


Ah, of course!

"Undo" the effect of the start anchor by matching any number of any single char, starting from the start of the string.

Thank You Thank You Thank You!

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Andrew Kalman
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