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36 .\" @(#)re_format.7 8.3 (Berkeley) 3/20/94
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39 .Dt RE_FORMAT 7
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40 .Os
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41 .Sh NAME
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42 .Nm re_format
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43 .Nd POSIX regular expressions
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44 .Sh DESCRIPTION
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45 Regular expressions (REs),
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46 as defined in
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47 .St -p1003.1-2004 ,
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48 come in two forms:
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49 basic regular expressions
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50 (BREs)
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51 and extended regular expressions
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52 (EREs).
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53 Both forms of regular expressions are supported
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54 by the interfaces described in
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55 .Xr regex 3 .
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56 Applications dealing with regular expressions
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57 may use one or the other form
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58 (or indeed both).
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59 For example,
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60 .Xr ed 1
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61 uses BREs,
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62 whilst
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63 .Xr egrep 1
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64 talks EREs.
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65 Consult the manual page for the specific application to find out which
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66 it uses.
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67 .Pp
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68 POSIX leaves some aspects of RE syntax and semantics open;
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69 .Sq **
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70 marks decisions on these aspects that
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71 may not be fully portable to other POSIX implementations.
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72 .Pp
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73 This manual page first describes regular expressions in general,
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74 specifically extended regular expressions,
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75 and then discusses differences between them and basic regular expressions.
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76 .Sh EXTENDED REGULAR EXPRESSIONS
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77 An ERE is one** or more non-empty**
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78 .Em branches ,
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79 separated by
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80 .Sq \*(Ba .
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81 It matches anything that matches one of the branches.
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82 .Pp
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83 A branch is one** or more
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84 .Em pieces ,
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85 concatenated.
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86 It matches a match for the first, followed by a match for the second, etc.
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87 .Pp
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88 A piece is an
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89 .Em atom
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90 possibly followed by a single**
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91 .Sq * ,
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92 .Sq + ,
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93 .Sq ?\& ,
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94 or
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95 .Em bound .
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96 An atom followed by
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97 .Sq *
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98 matches a sequence of 0 or more matches of the atom.
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99 An atom followed by
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100 .Sq +
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101 matches a sequence of 1 or more matches of the atom.
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102 An atom followed by
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103 .Sq ?\&
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104 matches a sequence of 0 or 1 matches of the atom.
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105 .Pp
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106 A bound is
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107 .Sq {
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108 followed by an unsigned decimal integer,
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109 possibly followed by
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110 .Sq ,\&
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111 possibly followed by another unsigned decimal integer,
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112 always followed by
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113 .Sq } .
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114 The integers must lie between 0 and
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115 .Dv RE_DUP_MAX
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116 (255**) inclusive,
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117 and if there are two of them, the first may not exceed the second.
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118 An atom followed by a bound containing one integer
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119 .Ar i
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120 and no comma matches
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121 a sequence of exactly
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122 .Ar i
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123 matches of the atom.
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124 An atom followed by a bound
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125 containing one integer
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126 .Ar i
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127 and a comma matches
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128 a sequence of
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129 .Ar i
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130 or more matches of the atom.
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131 An atom followed by a bound
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132 containing two integers
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133 .Ar i
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
134 and
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
135 .Ar j
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
136 matches a sequence of
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
137 .Ar i
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
138 through
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
139 .Ar j
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
140 (inclusive) matches of the atom.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
141 .Pp
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
142 An atom is a regular expression enclosed in
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
143 .Sq ()
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
144 (matching a part of the regular expression),
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
145 an empty set of
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
146 .Sq ()
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
147 (matching the null string)**,
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
148 a
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
149 .Em bracket expression
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
150 (see below),
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
151 .Sq .\&
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
152 (matching any single character),
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
153 .Sq ^
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
154 (matching the null string at the beginning of a line),
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
155 .Sq $
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
156 (matching the null string at the end of a line),
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
157 a
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
158 .Sq \e
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
159 followed by one of the characters
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
160 .Sq ^.[$()|*+?{\e
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
161 (matching that character taken as an ordinary character),
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
162 a
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
163 .Sq \e
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
164 followed by any other character**
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
165 (matching that character taken as an ordinary character,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
166 as if the
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
167 .Sq \e
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
168 had not been present**),
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
169 or a single character with no other significance (matching that character).
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
170 A
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
171 .Sq {
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
172 followed by a character other than a digit is an ordinary character,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
173 not the beginning of a bound**.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
174 It is illegal to end an RE with
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
175 .Sq \e .
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
176 .Pp
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
177 A bracket expression is a list of characters enclosed in
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
178 .Sq [] .
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
179 It normally matches any single character from the list (but see below).
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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180 If the list begins with
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
181 .Sq ^ ,
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
182 it matches any single character
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
183 .Em not
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
184 from the rest of the list
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
185 (but see below).
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
186 If two characters in the list are separated by
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
187 .Sq - ,
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
188 this is shorthand for the full
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
189 .Em range
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
190 of characters between those two (inclusive) in the
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
191 collating sequence, e.g.\&
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
192 .Sq [0-9]
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
193 in ASCII matches any decimal digit.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
194 It is illegal** for two ranges to share an endpoint, e.g.\&
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
195 .Sq a-c-e .
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
196 Ranges are very collating-sequence-dependent,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
197 and portable programs should avoid relying on them.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
198 .Pp
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
199 To include a literal
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
200 .Sq ]\&
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
201 in the list, make it the first character
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
202 (following a possible
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
203 .Sq ^ ) .
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
204 To include a literal
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
205 .Sq - ,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
206 make it the first or last character,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
207 or the second endpoint of a range.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
208 To use a literal
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
209 .Sq -
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
210 as the first endpoint of a range,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
211 enclose it in
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
212 .Sq [.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
213 and
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
214 .Sq .]
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
215 to make it a collating element (see below).
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
216 With the exception of these and some combinations using
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
217 .Sq [
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
218 (see next paragraphs),
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
219 all other special characters, including
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
220 .Sq \e ,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
221 lose their special significance within a bracket expression.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
222 .Pp
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
223 Within a bracket expression, a collating element
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
224 (a character,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
225 a multi-character sequence that collates as if it were a single character,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
226 or a collating-sequence name for either)
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
227 enclosed in
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
228 .Sq [.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
229 and
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
230 .Sq .]
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
231 stands for the sequence of characters of that collating element.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
232 The sequence is a single element of the bracket expression's list.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
233 A bracket expression containing a multi-character collating element
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
234 can thus match more than one character,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
235 e.g. if the collating sequence includes a
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
236 .Sq ch
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
237 collating element,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
238 then the RE
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
239 .Sq [[.ch.]]*c
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
240 matches the first five characters of
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
241 .Sq chchcc .
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
242 .Pp
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
243 Within a bracket expression, a collating element enclosed in
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
244 .Sq [=
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
245 and
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
246 .Sq =]
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
247 is an equivalence class, standing for the sequences of characters
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
248 of all collating elements equivalent to that one, including itself.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
249 (If there are no other equivalent collating elements,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
250 the treatment is as if the enclosing delimiters were
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
251 .Sq [.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
252 and
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
253 .Sq .] . )
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
254 For example, if
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
255 .Sq x
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
256 and
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
257 .Sq y
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
258 are the members of an equivalence class,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
259 then
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
260 .Sq [[=x=]] ,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
261 .Sq [[=y=]] ,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
262 and
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
263 .Sq [xy]
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
264 are all synonymous.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
265 An equivalence class may not** be an endpoint of a range.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
266 .Pp
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
267 Within a bracket expression, the name of a
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
268 .Em character class
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
269 enclosed
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
270 in
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
271 .Sq [:
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272 and
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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273 .Sq :]
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
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274 stands for the list of all characters belonging to that class.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
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275 Standard character class names are:
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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276 .Bd -literal -offset indent
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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277 alnum digit punct
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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278 alpha graph space
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
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279 blank lower upper
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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280 cntrl print xdigit
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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281 .Ed
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
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282 .Pp
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
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283 These stand for the character classes defined in
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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284 .Xr ctype 3 .
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
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285 A locale may provide others.
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286 A character class may not be used as an endpoint of a range.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
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287 .Pp
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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288 There are two special cases** of bracket expressions:
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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289 the bracket expressions
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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290 .Sq [[:<:]]
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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291 and
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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292 .Sq [[:>:]]
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
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293 match the null string at the beginning and end of a word, respectively.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
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294 A word is defined as a sequence of
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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295 characters starting and ending with a word character
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
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296 which is neither preceded nor followed by
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
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297 word characters.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
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298 A word character is an
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
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299 .Em alnum
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
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300 character (as defined by
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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301 .Xr ctype 3 )
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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302 or an underscore.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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303 This is an extension,
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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304 compatible with but not specified by POSIX,
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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305 and should be used with
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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306 caution in software intended to be portable to other systems.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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307 .Pp
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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308 In the event that an RE could match more than one substring of a given
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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309 string,
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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310 the RE matches the one starting earliest in the string.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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311 If the RE could match more than one substring starting at that point,
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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312 it matches the longest.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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313 Subexpressions also match the longest possible substrings, subject to
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
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314 the constraint that the whole match be as long as possible,
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
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315 with subexpressions starting earlier in the RE taking priority over
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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316 ones starting later.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
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317 Note that higher-level subexpressions thus take priority over
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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318 their lower-level component subexpressions.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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319 .Pp
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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320 Match lengths are measured in characters, not collating elements.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
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321 A null string is considered longer than no match at all.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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322 For example,
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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323 .Sq bb*
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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324 matches the three middle characters of
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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325 .Sq abbbc ;
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
326 .Sq (wee|week)(knights|nights)
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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327 matches all ten characters of
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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328 .Sq weeknights ;
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
329 when
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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330 .Sq (.*).*
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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331 is matched against
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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332 .Sq abc ,
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
333 the parenthesized subexpression matches all three characters;
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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334 and when
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
335 .Sq (a*)*
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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336 is matched against
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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337 .Sq bc ,
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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338 both the whole RE and the parenthesized subexpression match the null string.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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339 .Pp
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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340 If case-independent matching is specified,
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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341 the effect is much as if all case distinctions had vanished from the
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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342 alphabet.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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343 When an alphabetic that exists in multiple cases appears as an
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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344 ordinary character outside a bracket expression, it is effectively
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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345 transformed into a bracket expression containing both cases,
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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346 e.g.\&
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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347 .Sq x
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
348 becomes
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
349 .Sq [xX] .
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
350 When it appears inside a bracket expression,
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
351 all case counterparts of it are added to the bracket expression,
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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352 so that, for example,
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
353 .Sq [x]
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
354 becomes
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
355 .Sq [xX]
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
356 and
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
357 .Sq [^x]
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
358 becomes
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
359 .Sq [^xX] .
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
360 .Pp
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
361 No particular limit is imposed on the length of REs**.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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362 Programs intended to be portable should not employ REs longer
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
363 than 256 bytes,
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
364 as an implementation can refuse to accept such REs and remain
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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365 POSIX-compliant.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
366 .Pp
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
367 The following is a list of extended regular expressions:
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
368 .Bl -tag -width Ds
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
369 .It Ar c
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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370 Any character
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
371 .Ar c
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
372 not listed below matches itself.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
373 .It \e Ns Ar c
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
374 Any backslash-escaped character
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
375 .Ar c
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
376 matches itself.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
377 .It \&.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
378 Matches any single character that is not a newline
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
379 .Pq Sq \en .
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
380 .It Bq Ar char-class
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
381 Matches any single character in
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
382 .Ar char-class .
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
383 To include a
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
384 .Ql \&]
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
385 in
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
386 .Ar char-class ,
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
387 it must be the first character.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
388 A range of characters may be specified by separating the end characters
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
389 of the range with a
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
390 .Ql - ;
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
391 e.g.\&
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
392 .Ar a-z
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
393 specifies the lower case characters.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
394 The following literal expressions can also be used in
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
395 .Ar char-class
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
396 to specify sets of characters:
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
397 .Bd -unfilled -offset indent
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
398 [:alnum:] [:cntrl:] [:lower:] [:space:]
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
399 [:alpha:] [:digit:] [:print:] [:upper:]
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
400 [:blank:] [:graph:] [:punct:] [:xdigit:]
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
401 .Ed
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
402 .Pp
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
403 If
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
404 .Ql -
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
405 appears as the first or last character of
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
406 .Ar char-class ,
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
407 then it matches itself.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
408 All other characters in
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
409 .Ar char-class
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
410 match themselves.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
411 .Pp
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
412 Patterns in
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
413 .Ar char-class
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
414 of the form
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
415 .Eo [.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
416 .Ar col-elm
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
417 .Ec .]\&
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
418 or
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
419 .Eo [=
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
420 .Ar col-elm
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
421 .Ec =]\& ,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
422 where
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
423 .Ar col-elm
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
424 is a collating element, are interpreted according to
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
425 .Xr setlocale 3
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
426 .Pq not currently supported .
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
427 .It Bq ^ Ns Ar char-class
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
428 Matches any single character, other than newline, not in
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
429 .Ar char-class .
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
430 .Ar char-class
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
431 is defined as above.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
432 .It ^
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
433 If
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
434 .Sq ^
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
435 is the first character of a regular expression, then it
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
436 anchors the regular expression to the beginning of a line.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
437 Otherwise, it matches itself.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
438 .It $
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
439 If
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
440 .Sq $
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
441 is the last character of a regular expression,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
442 it anchors the regular expression to the end of a line.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
443 Otherwise, it matches itself.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
444 .It [[:<:]]
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
445 Anchors the single character regular expression or subexpression
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
446 immediately following it to the beginning of a word.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
447 .It [[:>:]]
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
448 Anchors the single character regular expression or subexpression
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
449 immediately following it to the end of a word.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
450 .It Pq Ar re
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
451 Defines a subexpression
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
452 .Ar re .
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
453 Any set of characters enclosed in parentheses
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
454 matches whatever the set of characters without parentheses matches
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
455 (that is a long-winded way of saying the constructs
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
456 .Sq (re)
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
457 and
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
458 .Sq re
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
459 match identically).
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
460 .It *
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
461 Matches the single character regular expression or subexpression
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
462 immediately preceding it zero or more times.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
463 If
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
464 .Sq *
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
465 is the first character of a regular expression or subexpression,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
466 then it matches itself.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
467 The
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
468 .Sq *
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
469 operator sometimes yields unexpected results.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
470 For example, the regular expression
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
471 .Ar b*
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
472 matches the beginning of the string
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
473 .Qq abbb
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
474 (as opposed to the substring
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
475 .Qq bbb ) ,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
476 since a null match is the only leftmost match.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
477 .It +
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
478 Matches the singular character regular expression
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
479 or subexpression immediately preceding it
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
480 one or more times.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
481 .It ?
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
482 Matches the singular character regular expression
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
483 or subexpression immediately preceding it
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
484 0 or 1 times.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
485 .Sm off
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
486 .It Xo
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
487 .Pf { Ar n , m No }\ \&
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
488 .Pf { Ar n , No }\ \&
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
489 .Pf { Ar n No }
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
490 .Xc
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
491 .Sm on
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
492 Matches the single character regular expression or subexpression
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
493 immediately preceding it at least
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
494 .Ar n
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
495 and at most
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
496 .Ar m
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
497 times.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
498 If
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
499 .Ar m
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
500 is omitted, then it matches at least
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
501 .Ar n
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
502 times.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
503 If the comma is also omitted, then it matches exactly
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
504 .Ar n
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
505 times.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
506 .It \*(Ba
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
507 Used to separate patterns.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
508 For example,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
509 the pattern
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
510 .Sq cat\*(Badog
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
511 matches either
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
512 .Sq cat
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
513 or
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
514 .Sq dog .
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
515 .El
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
516 .Sh BASIC REGULAR EXPRESSIONS
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
517 Basic regular expressions differ in several respects:
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
518 .Bl -bullet -offset 3n
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
519 .It
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
520 .Sq \*(Ba ,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
521 .Sq + ,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
522 and
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
523 .Sq ?\&
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
524 are ordinary characters and there is no equivalent
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
525 for their functionality.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
526 .It
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
527 The delimiters for bounds are
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
528 .Sq \e{
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
529 and
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
530 .Sq \e} ,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
531 with
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
532 .Sq {
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
533 and
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
534 .Sq }
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
535 by themselves ordinary characters.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
536 .It
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
537 The parentheses for nested subexpressions are
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
538 .Sq \e(
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
539 and
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
540 .Sq \e) ,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
541 with
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
542 .Sq (
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
543 and
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
544 .Sq )\&
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
545 by themselves ordinary characters.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
546 .It
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
547 .Sq ^
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
548 is an ordinary character except at the beginning of the
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
549 RE or** the beginning of a parenthesized subexpression.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
550 .It
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
551 .Sq $
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
552 is an ordinary character except at the end of the
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
553 RE or** the end of a parenthesized subexpression.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
554 .It
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
555 .Sq *
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
556 is an ordinary character if it appears at the beginning of the
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
557 RE or the beginning of a parenthesized subexpression
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
558 (after a possible leading
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
559 .Sq ^ ) .
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
560 .It
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
561 Finally, there is one new type of atom, a
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
562 .Em back-reference :
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
563 .Sq \e
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
564 followed by a non-zero decimal digit
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
565 .Ar d
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
566 matches the same sequence of characters matched by the
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
567 .Ar d Ns th
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
568 parenthesized subexpression
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
569 (numbering subexpressions by the positions of their opening parentheses,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
570 left to right),
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
571 so that, for example,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
572 .Sq \e([bc]\e)\e1
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
573 matches
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
574 .Sq bb\&
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
575 or
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
576 .Sq cc
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
577 but not
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
578 .Sq bc .
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
579 .El
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
580 .Pp
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
581 The following is a list of basic regular expressions:
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
582 .Bl -tag -width Ds
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
583 .It Ar c
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
584 Any character
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
585 .Ar c
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
586 not listed below matches itself.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
587 .It \e Ns Ar c
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
588 Any backslash-escaped character
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
589 .Ar c ,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
590 except for
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
591 .Sq { ,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
592 .Sq } ,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
593 .Sq \&( ,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
594 and
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
595 .Sq \&) ,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
596 matches itself.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
597 .It \&.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
598 Matches any single character that is not a newline
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
599 .Pq Sq \en .
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
600 .It Bq Ar char-class
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
601 Matches any single character in
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
602 .Ar char-class .
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
603 To include a
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
604 .Ql \&]
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
605 in
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
606 .Ar char-class ,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
607 it must be the first character.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
608 A range of characters may be specified by separating the end characters
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
609 of the range with a
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
610 .Ql - ;
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
611 e.g.\&
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
612 .Ar a-z
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
613 specifies the lower case characters.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
614 The following literal expressions can also be used in
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
615 .Ar char-class
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
616 to specify sets of characters:
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
617 .Bd -unfilled -offset indent
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
618 [:alnum:] [:cntrl:] [:lower:] [:space:]
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
619 [:alpha:] [:digit:] [:print:] [:upper:]
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
620 [:blank:] [:graph:] [:punct:] [:xdigit:]
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
621 .Ed
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
622 .Pp
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
623 If
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
624 .Ql -
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
625 appears as the first or last character of
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
626 .Ar char-class ,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
627 then it matches itself.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
628 All other characters in
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
629 .Ar char-class
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
630 match themselves.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
631 .Pp
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
632 Patterns in
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
633 .Ar char-class
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
634 of the form
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
635 .Eo [.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
636 .Ar col-elm
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
637 .Ec .]\&
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
638 or
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
639 .Eo [=
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
640 .Ar col-elm
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
641 .Ec =]\& ,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
642 where
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
643 .Ar col-elm
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
644 is a collating element, are interpreted according to
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
645 .Xr setlocale 3
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
646 .Pq not currently supported .
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
647 .It Bq ^ Ns Ar char-class
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
648 Matches any single character, other than newline, not in
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
649 .Ar char-class .
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
650 .Ar char-class
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
651 is defined as above.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
652 .It ^
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
653 If
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
654 .Sq ^
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
655 is the first character of a regular expression, then it
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
656 anchors the regular expression to the beginning of a line.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
657 Otherwise, it matches itself.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
658 .It $
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
659 If
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
660 .Sq $
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
661 is the last character of a regular expression,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
662 it anchors the regular expression to the end of a line.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
663 Otherwise, it matches itself.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
664 .It [[:<:]]
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
665 Anchors the single character regular expression or subexpression
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
666 immediately following it to the beginning of a word.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
667 .It [[:>:]]
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
668 Anchors the single character regular expression or subexpression
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
669 immediately following it to the end of a word.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
670 .It \e( Ns Ar re Ns \e)
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
671 Defines a subexpression
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
672 .Ar re .
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
673 Subexpressions may be nested.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
674 A subsequent backreference of the form
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
675 .Pf \e Ns Ar n ,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
676 where
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
677 .Ar n
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
678 is a number in the range [1,9], expands to the text matched by the
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
679 .Ar n Ns th
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
680 subexpression.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
681 For example, the regular expression
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
682 .Ar \e(.*\e)\e1
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
683 matches any string consisting of identical adjacent substrings.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
684 Subexpressions are ordered relative to their left delimiter.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
685 .It *
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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686 Matches the single character regular expression or subexpression
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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687 immediately preceding it zero or more times.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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688 If
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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689 .Sq *
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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690 is the first character of a regular expression or subexpression,
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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691 then it matches itself.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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692 The
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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693 .Sq *
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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694 operator sometimes yields unexpected results.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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695 For example, the regular expression
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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696 .Ar b*
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
697 matches the beginning of the string
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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698 .Qq abbb
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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699 (as opposed to the substring
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
700 .Qq bbb ) ,
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
701 since a null match is the only leftmost match.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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702 .Sm off
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
703 .It Xo
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
704 .Pf \e{ Ar n , m No \e}\ \&
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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705 .Pf \e{ Ar n , No \e}\ \&
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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706 .Pf \e{ Ar n No \e}
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
707 .Xc
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
708 .Sm on
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
709 Matches the single character regular expression or subexpression
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
710 immediately preceding it at least
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
711 .Ar n
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
712 and at most
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
713 .Ar m
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
714 times.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
715 If
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
716 .Ar m
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
717 is omitted, then it matches at least
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
718 .Ar n
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
719 times.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
720 If the comma is also omitted, then it matches exactly
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
721 .Ar n
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
722 times.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
723 .El
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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724 .Sh SEE ALSO
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
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725 .Xr ctype 3 ,
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
726 .Xr regex 3
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
727 .Sh STANDARDS
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
728 .St -p1003.1-2004 :
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
729 Base Definitions, Chapter 9 (Regular Expressions).
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
730 .Sh BUGS
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
731 Having two kinds of REs is a botch.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
732 .Pp
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
733 The current POSIX spec says that
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
734 .Sq )\&
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
735 is an ordinary character in the absence of an unmatched
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
736 .Sq ( ;
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
737 this was an unintentional result of a wording error,
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
738 and change is likely.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
739 Avoid relying on it.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
740 .Pp
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
741 Back-references are a dreadful botch,
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
742 posing major problems for efficient implementations.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
743 They are also somewhat vaguely defined
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
744 (does
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
745 .Sq a\e(\e(b\e)*\e2\e)*d
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
746 match
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
747 .Sq abbbd ? ) .
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
748 Avoid using them.
95c75e76d11b LLVM 3.4
Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
749 .Pp
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
750 POSIX's specification of case-independent matching is vague.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
751 The
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
752 .Dq one case implies all cases
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
753 definition given above
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
754 is the current consensus among implementors as to the right interpretation.
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
755 .Pp
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Kaito Tokumori <e105711@ie.u-ryukyu.ac.jp>
parents:
diff changeset
756 The syntax for word boundaries is incredibly ugly.