Luke Lonergan wrote:
> Bruce,
>
> On 7/15/05 9:59 PM, "Bruce Momjian" wrote:
>
> > Actually, mine returns ')' too for the last command. I didn't copy
> > that into the email. How about the top tests? Notice I get an error on
> > the first one without the backslash. Are you OK escaping '(' b
Bruce,
On 7/15/05 9:59 PM, "Bruce Momjian" wrote:
> Actually, mine returns ')' too for the last command. I didn't copy
> that into the email. How about the top tests? Notice I get an error on
> the first one without the backslash. Are you OK escaping '(' but not
> ')'? That might be a solu
Luke Lonergan wrote:
> Bruce,
> > I found that parentheses in gawk regular expressions require backslashes
> > so they are not treated as regex groupings:
> >
> > $ echo '('|awk '$0 ~ /(/ {print $0}'
> > awk: cmd. line:1: fatal: Unmatched ( or \(: /(/
> > $ echo '('|awk '$0 ~ /\(/ {print $0}'
> >
Bruce,
> I found that parentheses in gawk regular expressions require backslashes
> so they are not treated as regex groupings:
>
> $ echo '('|awk '$0 ~ /(/ {print $0}'
> awk: cmd. line:1: fatal: Unmatched ( or \(: /(/
> $ echo '('|awk '$0 ~ /\(/ {print $0}'
> (
> Now, it seems closing parenthe
