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Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use regular expressions." Now they have two problems. -- Jamie Zawinski

• bluepnume 5y ago
  I didn't spot any regexes here.
  • qzw 5y ago
    Matching an exact string is also a valid regex, and I think the GP's simple attempt to use the substitution syntax illustrates JWZ's point even better than a more complex expression. There are so many ways of screwing it up that even a simple joke contained a bug.
  • Banana699 5y ago
    The notation s/<regex1>/<regex2> is perl for "replace every instance matching regex1 by regex2. Literal strings are regexes that match only themselves.
    • bzbarsky 5y ago
      Not just perl. Also sed, which is likely where perl got it from.
      • majewsky 5y ago
        Not just sed. Also ed, which is where sed got it from.
        • bzbarsky 5y ago
          Yes, indeed. :)
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