"COLE,GLENN (Non-HP-SantaClara,ex2)" wrote:
> Thus, once you understand regular expressions and a handful
> of utilities, the script is actually "easier" to write.

That's the key here.  Regexps can be intimidating for novices to look at, but
they offer INCREDIBLE power for just a few keystrokes that would be truly
tedious and painful to duplicate the old pre-POSIX MPE ways.

Take the time to learn regular expressions; you'll be glad you did.  Go into
the POSIX shell and type:

        man regexp

For regular expressions on serious steroids, see the Perl regexp superset
implementation at:

        http://www.perl.com/pub/doc/manual/html/pod/perlre.html
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