Re: [Eug-lug] Regex

[Bob Miller]

Russ Johnson wrote:

> I know that, but s/&lt;/</g IS the reverse of s/</&lt;/g.

Um, actually, in ed, sed, ex and vi (among others), an ampersand on
the right side is shorthand for the string the left side matched.

    $ echo '<a></a>' | sed 's/</&lt;/g'
    <lt;a><lt;/a>

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