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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Need advice on learning RegEx Post 302692187 by sathyaonnuix on Monday 27th of August 2012 09:06:13 AM
Old 08-27-2012
Need advice on learning RegEx

Hello Unix graduates,


I have gone through 50 posts here in this Unix.com, out of which 35-40 are answered with regex.. Regex is always been a problem for me. Smilie

I have gone through few URLs still it doesn't help me to reach what you guys are.. Smilie

How to get skilled on Regex, please suggest me some good URLs or books to move on.. [I would like to answer at least one thread with regex Smilie]


Moderator's Comments:
Mod Comment Just spamming "regex" is no good subject - changed that to something more descriptive. Please remember that when designing future subjects, thanks.

Last edited by zaxxon; 08-27-2012 at 10:10 AM.. Reason: changed subject
 

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File::HomeDir::Unix(3)					User Contributed Perl Documentation				    File::HomeDir::Unix(3)

NAME
File::HomeDir::Unix - Find your home and other directories on legacy Unix SYNOPSIS
use File::HomeDir; # Find directories for the current user $home = File::HomeDir->my_home; # /home/mylogin $desktop = File::HomeDir->my_desktop; # All of these will... $docs = File::HomeDir->my_documents; # ...default to home... $music = File::HomeDir->my_music; # ...directory $pics = File::HomeDir->my_pictures; # $videos = File::HomeDir->my_videos; # $data = File::HomeDir->my_data; # DESCRIPTION
This module provides implementations for determining common user directories. In normal usage this module will always be used via File::HomeDir. SUPPORT
See the support section the main File::HomeDir module. AUTHORS
Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org> Sean M. Burke <sburke@cpan.org> SEE ALSO
File::HomeDir, File::HomeDir::Win32 (legacy) COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2005 - 2011 Adam Kennedy. Some parts copyright 2000 Sean M. Burke. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module. perl v5.16.3 2012-10-19 File::HomeDir::Unix(3)
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