Sorry... typo...
echo abcde | grep -o -E 'b([a-z])d'
=> "bcd"
Can't I choose to have only "c"?
Thanks again!
On 8 November 2015 21:42:44 CET, Valerio Bozzolan
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>(First time in a GNU mailing list!)
>
>I've already asked this question to my local GNU/Linux user group and
>in #grep@Freenode... I'm still confused.
>
>GNU Grep don't have an arg to choose the subexpression. Right?
>
>Stupid e.g.:
> echo abcde | grep -o -E 'b([a-z])d'
> => "bcd"
>
>What if I want the first subexpression? ("b")? GNU Grep can't do it.
>Isn't it? (Why?)
>
>I actually use GNU Awk, or GNU Bash with $BASH_REMATCH[$n_sub].
>
>Thank you for the clarification!
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>Valerio Bozzolan
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