diff awk.xml @ 7:d64eace4f9f3 draft

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author bgruening
date Sat, 17 Jan 2015 08:30:15 -0500
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--- a/awk.xml	Thu Jan 08 09:07:31 2015 -0500
+++ b/awk.xml	Sat Jan 17 08:30:15 2015 -0500
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@
 
 .. class:: infomark
 
-**TIP:** 
+**TIP:**
 
-This tool uses the **extended regular** expression syntax (not the perl syntax). 
+This tool uses the **extended regular** expression syntax (not the perl syntax).
 **\\d**, **\\w**, **\\s** etc. are **not** supported.
 
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 
 **AWK's Regular Expression Syntax**
 
-The select tool searches the data for lines containing or not containing a match to the given pattern. A Regular Expression is a pattern descibing a certain amount of text. 
+The select tool searches the data for lines containing or not containing a match to the given pattern. A Regular Expression is a pattern descibing a certain amount of text.
 
 - **( ) { } [ ] . * ? + \ ^ $** are all special characters. **\\** can be used to "escape" a special character, allowing that special character to be searched for.
 - **^** matches the beginning of a string(but not an internal line).
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@
 - **{** n or n, or n,m **}** specifies an expected number of repetitions of the preceding pattern.
 
   - **{n}** The preceding item is matched exactly n times.
-  - **{n,}** The preceding item ismatched n or more times. 
-  - **{n,m}** The preceding item is matched at least n times but not more than m times. 
+  - **{n,}** The preceding item ismatched n or more times.
+  - **{n,m}** The preceding item is matched at least n times but not more than m times.
 
 - **[** ... **]** creates a character class. Within the brackets, single characters can be placed. A dash (-) may be used to indicate a range such as **a-z**.
 - **.** Matches any single character except a newline.
@@ -113,10 +113,10 @@
 - **?** The preceding item is optional and matched at most once.
 - **+** The preceding item will be matched one or more times.
 - **^** has two meaning:
-  - matches the beginning of a line or string. 
+  - matches the beginning of a line or string.
   - indicates negation in a character class. For example, [^...] matches every character except the ones inside brackets.
 - **$** matches the end of a line or string.
-- **\|** Separates alternate possibilities. 
+- **\|** Separates alternate possibilities.
 
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