On Thu, Mar 05, 2015 at 05:07:44PM +0000, Stephane Chazelas wrote: > bash also supports \s, but that's more for [[:space:]] (so > includes vertical spacing like CR, LF), and you need to use an > intermediary variable: > > r='^some text:\s+([0-9.]+)' > [[ $s =~ $r ]]
Woah! What? Where is *that* documented? The only \s in the man page is in PS1.
