On 14/06/07, Julian Leyh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I got in the output (Which I not want): > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -> I believed with [a-zA-Z]{2,4} I can limit it after the "." Or? > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -> It should be as well not possible with [a-zA-Z]{2,4} > > How can I exclude this?You did not say that after the 2-4 characters the line should end... End the pattern with $ > As weel I got as output this which I do not want: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > $ is normall end of a line. But it should not be in a mail address. > > [a-zA-Z0-9.-_]+@ > I use the "+" here with the meaning the [a-zA-Z0-9.-_] has to be available > min. one of them. Nothing for a @ makes really no sense. You did not say it should be at the beginning.. everything can be in front of the matching token. Start the pattern with ^ Also you are not escaping the . - meaning it can match to anything. try it with this: egrep "[EMAIL PROTECTED],4}$" good source to read more about it is re_format(7) Regards, Julian
No need to escape the dot in []... -- Andreas Kahari Somewhere in the general Cambridge area, UK
