Incoming from Craig Tinson: > guys.. regex patterns are a *complete* mystery so am hoping someone can > help with one.. > > I have to find all entries in a file which match the following: > > (pg. 2) Which tool? I believe perl's would be: /\(pg\. [0-9]*\)/ or: /\(pg\. \d+\)/ Shell would be: \(pg\. [0-9]*\) -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling - -