[ale] sed head scratcher

[Pat Regan]

Jim Kinney wrote:
> [jkinney at worktop tmp]$ cat testfile | sed -r '/[A-Z]{8}[0-9]{1,3}/
> y/[QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM]{8}[0-9]{1,3}/[qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm]{8}[0-9]{1,3}/'
> abcdefgi01
> bcdefghi02
> abcdfghi01 little stuff
> 123 bsgxaaki01 456
> 123.0.23.45 abcdefgi02 fredspage
> 
> It LC's all text yet it looks like the search field requires 1-3
> digits. So the string "FredsPage" should not be altered.
> 

y/// is for transliterating, it shouldn't be able to take a regex.

Pat

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