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 -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/