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10 pointsgiZm013y ago4 comments

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grep and in general regex mean survival.

i have to admit that in my early unix years i did not understand (the power of) grep until i learnt perl. funny, isn't it?

johncoltrane13y ago

Learning regular expressions properly is something I've been saving for later for a long time; thinking that, one day, it could make me a real programmer.

Now, after one year and a half of exclusive vimming, I've learned a lot more on regex than in all the years before. Whithout actually trying.

giZm0OP13y ago

I use it almost every day, but in a very limited way and I can't say I really understand it I just have a feeling that it you could use it so much more

voodoochilo13y ago

what really got me into re in the first place was "the dragonbook" back in 1990. very good background stuff.

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voodoochilo13y ago

grep and in general regex mean survival.

i have to admit that in my early unix years i did not understand (the power of) grep until i learnt perl. funny, isn't it?

johncoltrane13y ago

Learning regular expressions properly is something I've been saving for later for a long time; thinking that, one day, it could make me a real programmer.

Now, after one year and a half of exclusive vimming, I've learned a lot more on regex than in all the years before. Whithout actually trying.

giZm0OP13y ago

I use it almost every day, but in a very limited way and I can't say I really understand it I just have a feeling that it you could use it so much more

voodoochilo13y ago

what really got me into re in the first place was "the dragonbook" back in 1990. very good background stuff.

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