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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers testing for regex at command line Post 302244748 by ramen_noodle on Wednesday 8th of October 2008 02:18:35 PM
Old 10-08-2008
Using getopts would be a better bet imho.
-g group, -u user -r (optional regexp)...that kind of thing.
 

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