On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 05:07:21PM -0500, Alec wrote: > Hi > > How can I match the same character repeated n times? > ".{n}" matches any n characters. You want to remember the first character and match the same using a backreference. In grep: \(.\)\1 In egrep, perl, or ruby: (.)\1 -- Henry House The attached file is a digital signature. See <http://romana.hajhouse.org/pgp> for information. My OpenPGP key: <http://romana.hajhouse.org/hajhouse.asc>.
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