09-06-2010
Quote:
This
link might shade light explaining the difference between
a regexp constant and
a string constant
I ment that the escaping part is a mistery to me
(why does awk need so many backslashes?). I think I'm quite good with using regexes as well as understanding them
After taking a closer look at your link, I think it really did shade a little light on that escaping part of AWK. Thanks ;]
Last edited by bartus11; 09-06-2010 at 05:59 PM..
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LINK(1) User Commands LINK(1)
NAME
link - call the link function to create a link to a file
SYNOPSIS
link FILE1 FILE2
link OPTION
DESCRIPTION
Call the link function to create a link named FILE2 to an existing FILE1.
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
AUTHOR
Written by Michael Stone.
REPORTING BUGS
Report link bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
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General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
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COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
link(2)
The full documentation for link is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and link programs are properly installed at your site, the
command
info coreutils 'link invocation'
should give you access to the complete manual.
GNU coreutils 8.12.197-032bb September 2011 LINK(1)