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Re: extract values from a string



On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 06:12:17PM +0200, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> FWIW, bash has an =~ operator for regex matching whithin [[ ]]. There are
> even special variables to pick up the capturing matches.
> 
> Not portable, but arrays (which have been warmly recommended around here)
> aren't, either.

Yes, the =~ operator *could* be used for some kinds of parsing.  I just
didn't think it was the best choice for this specific problem.


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