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Subject: RE: bash in process regular expressions
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 00:48:51 -0000
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On 13 January 2007 23:38, Brian Dessent wrote:

> Rodrigo Amestica wrote:
> 
>> Hi, when I write a bash script using regular
>> expressions something goes wrong with the single
>> quotes that I do understand should surround the
>> regular expression. The code I show below works okay
>> when the single quotes are removed, but it does not as
>> shown. For this example the single quotes are not
>> really needed but is useful for showing my problem, my
>> real script does need the single quotes because I'm
>> trying to match several sub-expressions.
> 
> Read the replies in this recent thread:
> <http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2007-01/msg00339.html>
> 
> Brian

  But see also

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2006-10/msg00064.html
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2006-10/msg00065.html



    cheers,
      DaveK
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