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Re: extract values from a string

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On 17/04/2022 12:31, Ash Joubert wrote:
> Note the change to your regex: '\' changed to '\\' because bash variable 
> interpolation is used to obtain $X . This could be avoided if single 
> quotes were used, but then you would need another way to access your 
> data, such as reading it from stdin.

Actually it works fine with just '\' (not '\\') because neither '\s' nor 
'\d' (which I neglected) are bash escape sequences. But in general, 
backlashes might need to be escaped in bash double-quoted strings.

Kind regards,

-- 
Ash Joubert <ash@transient.nz>
Director
Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/>
New Zealand

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      Re: extract values from a string Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2022-04-16 18:50 +0200
      Re: extract values from a string Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-04-16 19:30 +0200
    Re: extract values from a string Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2022-04-17 04:30 +0200
      Re: extract values from a string Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-04-17 05:00 +0200
  Re: extract values from a string David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2022-04-16 21:30 +0200
  Re: extract values from a string Ash Joubert <ash@transient.nz> - 2022-04-17 02:40 +0200
    Re: extract values from a string Ash Joubert <ash@transient.nz> - 2022-04-17 02:40 +0200
    Re: extract values from a string Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2022-04-17 02:40 +0200
      Re: extract values from a string Ash Joubert <ash@transient.nz> - 2022-04-17 02:50 +0200

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