12-05-2003
to be very precise
when you do a ls -l if the first column of the file permissions is a -, then that file is a regular file.
I dont really think that it should be a text or data file, it can be a binary file as well, or for that matter any other file, just the the first column of ls -l should be -
correct me if i m wrong
for eg
-rw-rw-r-- 1 username group 141 Nov 21 14:08 log
here the first column of -rw-rw-r-- is a -, it means it is a regular file.
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NAME
re_comp, re_exec - regular expression handler
SYNOPSIS
char *re_comp(s)
char *s;
re_exec(s)
char *s;
DESCRIPTION
Re_comp compiles a string into an internal form suitable for pattern matching. Re_exec checks the argument string against the last string
passed to re_comp.
Re_comp returns 0 if the string s was compiled successfully; otherwise a string containing an error message is returned. If re_comp is
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Re_exec returns 1 if the string s matches the last compiled regular expression, 0 if the string s failed to match the last compiled regular
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SEE ALSO
ed(1), ex(1), egrep(1), fgrep(1), grep(1)
DIAGNOSTICS
Re_exec returns -1 for an internal error.
Re_comp returns one of the following strings if an error occurs:
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Regular expression too long,
unmatched (,
missing ],
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3rd Berkeley Distribution May 15, 1985 REGEX(3)