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Regex flavors (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by VegOwOtenks to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Blasphemy, that’s not regex that’s just fancy grep

[–] VegOwOtenks 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I don't actually know whether POSIX grep would support named groups :o

[–] qaz 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Don't have you have to use the -P flag?

[–] OmnislashIsACloudApp 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

which is just perl mode

[–] qaz 2 points 4 months ago

Yes, but perl mode has more features.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I don't fully disagree but you are walking on a fine line...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

any idea what the re in grep stands for?