Re: extract values from a string

[Ash Joubert <ash@transient.nz>]

On 17/04/2022 12:31, Ash Joubert wrote:
> Note the change to your regex: '\' changed to '\\' because bash variable 
> interpolation is used to obtain $X . This could be avoided if single 
> quotes were used, but then you would need another way to access your 
> data, such as reading it from stdin.

Actually it works fine with just '\' (not '\\') because neither '\s' nor 
'\d' (which I neglected) are bash escape sequences. But in general, 
backlashes might need to be escaped in bash double-quoted strings.

Kind regards,

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Ash Joubert <ash@transient.nz>
Director
Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/>
New Zealand