Hi, On Tue, 30.03.2004 at 11:21:21 +0100, pascal thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > what exactly means the "*" and the $ in the following line? > labelstr "^Full-[0-9][0-9]*$"
this should mean:
^ (start of string)
Full- (this text verbatim)
[0-9] (a digit)
[0-9]* (zero or more occurrences of the expression noted
before, ie, a digit)
See man 7 regex, man egrep
Best,
--Toni++
