HP UX SoftBench Software manual Pattern Matching, 354

Using Regular Expressions

Pattern Matching

Pattern Matching

Table C-1 describes the following types of pattern matching:

•Match any character.

•Treat a special character as a literal.

•Specify a list of matching values.

•Match the beginning of a line.

•Match the end of a line.

•Match entire lines.

•Exclude specified values.

•Match a range of values.

•Repeat a single character any number of times.

•Repeat an expression any number of times.

•Treat a composite expression within parentheses as a single expression to be repeated any number of times.

Table C-1	Description of Special Characters in Regular Expressions
	To…	Use…	Example
	Match a particular	match_string	To match the string st,
	string		enter:
			st
			In response, SoftBench
			matches any string
			containing the string st
			(for example, stock and
			lists).

354 Appendix C