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Old 05-23-2006
jim mcnamara jim mcnamara is offline
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It doesn't limit the search to a maximum of 6 a's.
Example test with seven a's:
Code:
/home/jmcnama > echo "aaaaaaa" | egrep '^a(a)+$'
aaaaaaa
try it.
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