1CHECK-REGEXP(1)                  User Commands                 CHECK-REGEXP(1)
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NAME

6       check-regexp -  test regular expressions from the command line
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SYNOPSIS

9       check-regexp 'regular expression' 'string1' 'string2' ...
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DESCRIPTION

12       check-regexp (GNU Source-highlight)
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14       You  simply pass as the first command line argument the regular expres‐
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16       It is crucial, in order to avoid shell substitutions, to  enclose  both
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19       The  program then prints some information about the possibly successful
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21       In the output the what[0] part represents  the  whole  match,  and  the
22       what[i] part represents the i-th marked subexpression that matched.
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24       The program also prints possible prefix and suffix.
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OPTIONS

27       This  program  follows  the  usual  GNU  command line syntax, with long
28       options starting with two  dashes  (`-').   A  summary  of  options  is
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31       -h, --help
32              Print help and exit
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34       -V, --version
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AUTHOR

38       check-regexp  was  written  by Lorenzo Bettini <www.lorenzobettini.it>.
39       This man page was written by Cesare Tirabassi <norsetto@ubuntu.com>.
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43check-regexp 2.9                   June 2008                   CHECK-REGEXP(1)