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[-] whodatdair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 45 points 1 year ago

Blasphemy, that’s not regex that’s just fancy grep

[-] VegOwOtenks@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't actually know whether POSIX grep would support named groups :o

[-] qaz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Don't have you have to use the -P flag?

[-] OmnislashIsACloudApp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

which is just perl mode

[-] qaz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, but perl mode has more features.

[-] kubica@fedia.io 3 points 1 year ago

I don't fully disagree but you are walking on a fine line...

[-] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

any idea what the re in grep stands for?

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