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Re: silly: sed and simple regex that doesn't work

To: misc_(_at_)_openbsd_(_dot_)_org
Subject: Re: silly: sed and simple regex that doesn't work
From: Matthias Kilian <kili_(_at_)_outback_(_dot_)_escape_(_dot_)_de>
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 06:34:54 +0200
Mail-followup-to: misc_(_at_)_openbsd_(_dot_)_org

On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 10:52:51PM -0500, Dave Feustel wrote:
> > At least for OpenBSD, sed(1) only supports basic regular expressions.
> 
> If you want a high-powered regular expression processor, try Phil Budne's 
> Snobol4 from http://www.snobol4.org/csnobol4/. It builds with no
> problem on Openbsd.

Or just use awk(1), which uses extended regular expressions as egrep(1).

Ciao,
	Kili

References:
- silly: sed and simple regex that doesn't work
  - From: Aleksander Piotrowski
- Re: silly: sed and simple regex that doesn't work
  - From: Matthias Kilian

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