On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Rich Bowen wrote: > It would be nice to have at least a pointer to a regular expression > tutorial, and perhaps a description of some kind in the docs > themselves about what type of regular expressions these are, what > things are permitted in them, and how to do things like > case-insensitive patterns, character classes, variable capture (the > $1, $2 stuff) and all those sorts of nifty things. If someone can > point me in the right direction, I'd be glad to get such a thing > started.
For what it's worth, I support a short doc (in misc/) that exaplains what a regular expression is and where to get more information; perhaps a few examples could be included. Alternatively, an improved FAQ answer would be nice. Joshua. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
