[colug-432] Regex

jep200404 at columbus.rr.com jep200404 at columbus.rr.com
Sun May 17 17:42:29 EDT 2015


On Sun, 17 May 2015 10:20:15 -0400, Steve VanSlyck <s.vanslyck at postpro.net> wrote:

> On Sat, May 16, 2015, at 22:35, jep200404 at columbus.rr.com wrote:
> 
> > Do you need backslashes in front of your parentheses in the pattern?

> I don't think so - I didn't see them in any of the examples I looked at. 

Explore with little experiments.

> > Did your email client break a long sed command into two lines? 

> I think it did. I don't have mailman set to send me copies of my own
> posts though so I'm not sure.

Even if you had mailman send you a copy of your posts,
it might not know what modifications your email client
made to your original post. 

> > To get good answers, consider following the advice in the links below.

> I'll check 'em out.

Good. It's work to follow the advice. It boils down to: 

    To get a good answer, ask a good question.

The more effort you put into asking a good question, 
the more effort others will put into giving you a good answer.


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