12-28-2011
Wow, thank you so much birei!
Thank you for the explanation, and also for your code.
It is just elegant, and it works perfectly.
Thank you so much once again.
Sam
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Thank you ahmad.diab!
I like one liners, but, as I will add more regex logic, it may be more practical as separate script.
Thank you!
Sam
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re_comp
RE_COMP(3) Linux Programmer's Manual RE_COMP(3)
NAME
re_comp, re_exec - BSD regex functions
SYNOPSIS
#define _REGEX_RE_COMP
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <regex.h>
char *re_comp(const char *regex);
int re_exec(const char *string);
DESCRIPTION
re_comp() is used to compile the null-terminated regular expression pointed to by regex. The compiled pattern occupies a static area, the
pattern buffer, which is overwritten by subsequent use of re_comp(). If regex is NULL, no operation is performed and the pattern buffer's
contents are not altered.
re_exec() is used to assess whether the null-terminated string pointed to by string matches the previously compiled regex.
RETURN VALUE
re_comp() returns NULL on successful compilation of regex otherwise it returns a pointer to an appropriate error message.
re_exec() returns 1 for a successful match, zero for failure.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
+---------------------+---------------+-----------+
|Interface | Attribute | Value |
+---------------------+---------------+-----------+
|re_comp(), re_exec() | Thread safety | MT-Unsafe |
+---------------------+---------------+-----------+
CONFORMING TO
4.3BSD.
NOTES
These functions are obsolete; the functions documented in regcomp(3) should be used instead.
SEE ALSO
regcomp(3), regex(7), GNU regex manual
COLOPHON
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latest version of this page, can be found at https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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