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[-] whodatdair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 45 points 4 months ago

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

[-] VegOwOtenks@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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

[-] qaz@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

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

[-] OmnislashIsACloudApp@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

which is just perl mode

[-] qaz@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Yes, but perl mode has more features.

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