[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Land) writes: > =Why, in the first example, has the author > prefaced the char 'K' with the one or more > times multiplier? He only wants to find a > name beginning with 'K'(!)
The * applies to the space before the k, so " *" means "one or more spaces". In other words, you have to match the space before the K. > Then, in the snd grep command he doubled > '[0-9]', wouldn't only '^1[0-9]*....'be > sufficent? '^1[0-9]*' would match 1 K... 12 K ... Doubling the [0-9] means that there has to be at least one digit after the 1. -- Alan Shutko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - In a variety of flavors! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
