Execute a shell script using regular expressions


 
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Old 02-27-2008
Execute a shell script using regular expressions

I am have a configuration script that my shell script uses. There is a regular expression defined for the input file. How do execute the shell script and pass the name of the input file using a regular expression.

I would greatly appreciate some help. If you could point my to a website that had the syntax where I could learn that would be great too.
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Old 02-28-2008
I don't understand your requirement, but here is a link to a decent tutorial for regex:
Regular Expression Tutorial - Learn How to Use Regular Expressions

If you need to know how to use regex, consider reading:

Jeffery Friedl 'Mastering Regular Expressions'
 
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