On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 08:03, Robert Land wrote:
> This is a example one can find on one of the links
> discribed in the deb HOWTO package:
>
> =Section Multipliers(text just pasted):
>
>
> "
> An example from the phone list:
>
> 1248 Kate 634
>
> 1548 Kerry 534
>
>
> To match
[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
On Fri 17 Jan 2003 15:03:33 +(+0100), Robert Land wrote:
>
> To match a line that starts with a 1,
> has some digits, at least one space
> and a name that starts with a K we can write:
>
> grep '^1[0-9]\{1,\} \{1,\}K' phonelist.txt
> or use * and repeat [0-9] and space:
> grep '^1[0-9][0-9]
On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 03:03:33PM +0100, Robert Land wrote:
> grep '^1[0-9]\{1,\} \{1,\}K' phonelist.txt
> or use * and repeat [0-9] and space:
> grep '^1[0-9][0-9]* *K' phonelist.txt
>
> =Why, in the first example, has the author
> prefaced the char 'K' with the one or more
> times multiplier?
On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 03:03:33PM +0100, Robert Land wrote:
> "
> An example from the phone list:
>
> 1248 Kate 634
>
> 1548 Kerry 534
>
>
> To match a line that starts with a 1,
> has some digits, at least one space
> and a name that starts with a K we can write:
>
> grep '^
Robert Land wrote:
> An example from the phone list:
>
> 1248 Kate 634
>
> 1548 Kerry 534
>
>
> To match a line that starts with a 1,
> has some digits, at least one space
> and a name that starts with a K we can write:
>
> grep '^1[0-9]\{1,\} \{1,\}K' phonelist.txt
> or use *
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On Friday 17 January 2003 15:03, Robert Land wrote:
> grep '^1[0-9]\{1,\} \{1,\}K' phonelist.txt
> or use * and repeat [0-9] and space:
> grep '^1[0-9][0-9]* *K' phonelist.txt
> "
>
>
> =Why, in the first example, has the author
> prefaced the char 'K
Robert Land wrote:
> An example from the phone list:
>
> 1248 Kate 634
>
> 1548 Kerry 534
>
>
> To match a line that starts with a 1,
> has some digits, at least one space
> and a name that starts with a K we can write:
>
> grep '^1[0-9]\{1,\} \{1,\}K' phonelist.txt
> or use * an
This is a example one can find on one of the links
discribed in the deb HOWTO package:
=Section Multipliers(text just pasted):
"
An example from the phone list:
1248 Kate 634
1548 Kerry 534
To match a line that starts with a 1,
has some digits, at least one space
and a name
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