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Brief regular expressions are defined in the following table.
Table 11.16. Brief Regular Expressions
Brief Regular Expression
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<
$
>
?
*
X+
X\:*
X\:@
X\:+
X\:n1
X\:n1,
X\:,n2
X\:n1,n2
X\:n1?
X\:n1,?
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Brief Regular Expressions
Definition
Matches beginning of line.
Matches beginning of line.
Matches end of line.
Matches end of line.
Matches any character except newline.
Minimal match of zero or more of any character ex-
cept newline. This is the same as ?@.
Minimal match of one or more occurrences of X.
See Minimal versus Maximal Matching
formation.
Maximal match of zero or more of any character ex-
cept newline. This is the same as ?\:@.
Maximal match of zero or more occurrences of X.
Maximal match of one or more occurrences of X.
Matches exactly n1 occurrences of X. Use {} to
avoid ambiguous expressions. For example, a:9{}1
searches for nine instances of the letter a followed
by a 1.
Maximal match of at least n1 occurrences of X.
Maximal match of at least zero occurrences but not
more than n2 occurrences of X.
Maximal match of at least n1 occurrences but not
more than n2 occurrences of X.
Match exactly n1 occurrences of X.
Minimal match of at least n1 occurrences of X.
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