Richard Owlett <rowl...@access.net> wrote: > This started with be exploring "regular expressions". > I discovered some tutorials that were using Bash in their samples. > One {lost the reference at the moment} was almost a match for a real > world problem I have. > > But I've not used Bash in eons and have forgotten how to read a file > into a single variable or a array variable. > > I've downloaded "Bash Reference Manual" > [https://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/gnu/bash/manual/bash.html] > for when I need fine grained details. > I've bookmarked the various links on > [https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ] > for quick reference. > > I find neither to be search friendly. > > Suggestions?
Typing "regular expression tutorial" or "regular expression bash" into a search engine produces lots of potentially useful links. Maybe https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Regular_Expressions > TIA