Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 20:12:05 -0500 (EST) From: Mikhail Teterin <mi@video-collage.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: re_format Message-ID: <199811200112.UAA17886@xxx.video-collage.com>
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Hello! According to the re_format's manpage, the following echo aXbXccc | sed 's/X.*/X/2' must result in aXbX -- the second occurence of X.* to be replaced by X itself. Yet, it results in aXbXccc -- no changes. To the best of my understanding of re_format, ``X.*'' is a perfectly valid regular expression, matching anything that starts with ``X''... Thanks for any hints. -mi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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