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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]


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Old 08-27-2012
Start a sed or awk tutorial. They usually have a large RegEx section with explanation.

Also there is google which brings for example:
Regular-Expressions.info - Regex Tutorial, Examples and Reference - Regexp Patterns
as result and there is plenty of more pages on the web.
 
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