[ale] regex question?

[Robert L. Harris]

Thus spake Geoffrey (esoteric at 3times25.net):

> 
> 
> Fletch wrote:
> >>>>>>"Robert" == Robert L Harris <Robert.L.Harris at rdlg.net> writes:
> >>>>>>
> >
> >    Robert> Got one just annoying me.  It's going to be something
> >    Robert> simple I'm sure.
> >    >> From a ksh command line I'm executing a set of commands:
> >
> >    Robert> /usr/local/bin/doreport | grep 03/1[34]/02
> >
> >    Robert> obviously to limit it based on date.  This works great
> >    Robert> when the date is 13 and 14, but what's the best way to do
> >    Robert> the grep for something like the 19 and 20 or even 31 and
> >    Robert> 01?  I tried [13|14] and that doesn't work, I'd rather
> >    Robert> keep it short and not have an egrep '03/14/02|03/15/02' as
> >    Robert> that can be a bit ugly for some juniors I'm trying to
> >    Robert> teach.
> >
> >
> >        '03/(19|20)/02'
> 
> Doesn't work with my ksh....
> 


Same problem here actually:


ksh: syntax error: `(' unexpected

escaping the ( ) doesn't help either





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