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grep Pocket Reference
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grep Pocket Reference

by John Bambenek, Agnieszka Klus
January 2009
Beginner
82 pages
1h 45m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Index

A note on the digital index

A link in an index entry is displayed as the section title in which that entry appears. Because some sections have multiple index markers, it is not unusual for an entry to have several links to the same section. Clicking on any link will take you directly to the place in the text in which the marker appears.

Symbols

" (double quotes), using regular expressions and, Quotation Marks and Regular Expressions
$ (dollar sign), end of line character, Metacharacters, Metacharacters
' (single quotes), using regular expressions, Quotation Marks and Regular Expressions
( ) (parentheses)
extended regular expressions, Extended Regular Expressions (egrep or grep -E)
precedence in regular expressions, Crafting a Regular Expression
subpatterns, Metacharacters
( ) parentheses, Metacharacters
* (asterisk) quantifier, Introduction to Regular Expressions, Metacharacters, Metacharacters
+ (plus) quantifier, Metacharacters, Metacharacters
extended regular expressions and, Extended Regular Expressions (egrep or grep -E)
- (dashes), indicating ranges, Metacharacters, Metacharacters
. (dot), Metacharacters, Metacharacters
> (redirects), grep Basics
? (question mark) quantifier, Metacharacters, Metacharacters
optional expressions, Extended Regular Expressions (egrep or grep -E)
[...] (character classes), Metacharacters, Metacharacters
[^...] (negated character class), Metacharacters, Metacharacters
\ (backslashes), Metacharacters, Metacharacters, Extended Regular Expressions (egrep or grep ...
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