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Old 06-22-2008
reg exp question

Hi,

Should be a difference between '[[:space:]][[:space:]]*' and '[[:space:]]+' ?

I use them in bash with sed and grep.

Thanks
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Old 06-22-2008
They are the same, but sometimes you need to use the first syntax or even a space character ' ' instead of '[[:space:]]' if your sed/grep versions doesn't support such notation.
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