[ale] regex question?

Robert L. Harris Robert.L.Harris at rdlg.net
Thu Mar 14 11:52:52 EST 2002




Ok, the '' like your original message said is fine.  Left those out
thinking you were emphasizing.  Is it monday still?

Thus spake Robert L. Harris (Robert.L.Harris at rdlg.net):

> 
> Thus spake Geoffrey (esoteric at 3times25.net):
> 
> > 
> > 
> > Fletch wrote:
> > >>>>>>"Robert" == Robert L Harris <Robert.L.Harris at rdlg.net> writes:
> > >>>>>>
> > >
> > >    Robert> Got one just annoying me.  It's going to be something
> > >    Robert> simple I'm sure.
> > >    >> From a ksh command line I'm executing a set of commands:
> > >
> > >    Robert> /usr/local/bin/doreport | grep 03/1[34]/02
> > >
> > >    Robert> obviously to limit it based on date.  This works great
> > >    Robert> when the date is 13 and 14, but what's the best way to do
> > >    Robert> the grep for something like the 19 and 20 or even 31 and
> > >    Robert> 01?  I tried [13|14] and that doesn't work, I'd rather
> > >    Robert> keep it short and not have an egrep '03/14/02|03/15/02' as
> > >    Robert> that can be a bit ugly for some juniors I'm trying to
> > >    Robert> teach.
> > >
> > >
> > >        '03/(19|20)/02'
> > 
> > Doesn't work with my ksh....
> > 
> 
> 
> Same problem here actually:
> 
> 
> ksh: syntax error: `(' unexpected
> 
> escaping the ( ) doesn't help either
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> :wq!
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> FYI:
>  perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
> 
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:wq!
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Robert L. Harris                |  Micros~1 :  
Senior System Engineer          |    For when quality, reliability 
  at RnD Consulting             |      and security just aren't
                                \_       that important!
DISCLAIMER:
      These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
FYI:
 perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'


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