Nick Rout wrote: > On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:48:32 +0000 > Jim Cheetham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 04:04:49PM +1300, Don Gould wrote: >>> Do it again... >>> with lots of examples. >> I did cover it ages ago, but it's the sort of thing that could be done >> over again happily. >> >> Reminded by the discussion that I never uploaded my notes; so I've put >> them in to http://clug.net.nz/index.php/RegularExpressions now. >> Currently the page is a set of short "exceptions" notes, rather than a >> complete explanation, but the slideshow is a PDF attached to the bottom. >> >> If someone wants to go through regexps again, I'd recommend some >> concrete examples - I can get a lot of mileage out of email logs, or >> perhaps syslogs (email is great because it usually covers multiple >> lines, and that's a challenge - but bad because it may involve exposing >> data that is normally private) >> >> Or, for really shaking out the corners of regexps, the 'expect' program >> is great - especially because the data input is not chunked the way you >> normally want it to be ... >> >> -jim >> > > Actually I rather unfortunately missed Jim's talk on it, so I am not > personally averse to another session. I would like to see something include > on the different RE syntaxes - I understand different programs have different > rules - perl, python, egrep etc. > > However I'd also like to throw the conversation open to some newbies - can we > have comment from people who have been using linux for less than, say, 18 > months, about what they'd like to see demonstrated or explained? > Is home networking too basic? Linux to linux through a router maybe?
The trouble with topics for real newbies (like me) is that you are catering for only one or two while everyone else is bored.
