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diff --git a/man/man7/regexp.html b/man/man7/regexp.html deleted file mode 100644 index 1bc2c74e..00000000 --- a/man/man7/regexp.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,131 +0,0 @@ -<head> -<title>regexp(7) - Plan 9 from User Space</title> -<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv=Content-Type> -</head> -<body bgcolor=#ffffff> -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%> -<tr height=10><td> -<tr><td width=20><td> -<tr><td width=20><td><b>REGEXP(7)</b><td align=right><b>REGEXP(7)</b> -<tr><td width=20><td colspan=2> - <br> -<p><font size=+1><b>NAME </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - regexp – Plan 9 regular expression notation<br> - -</table> -<p><font size=+1><b>DESCRIPTION </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - This manual page describes the regular expression syntax used - by the Plan 9 regular expression library <a href="../man3/regexp.html"><i>regexp</i>(3)</a>. It is the - form used by <a href="../man1/egrep.html"><i>egrep</i>(1)</a> before <i>egrep</i> got complicated. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - A <i>regular expression</i> specifies a set of strings of characters. - A member of this set of strings is said to be <i>matched</i> by the regular - expression. In many applications a delimiter character, commonly - <tt><font size=+1>/</font></tt>, bounds a regular expression. In the following specification - for regular expressions the word ‘character’ means any - character (rune) but newline. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - The syntax for a regular expression <tt><font size=+1>e0</font></tt> is<br> - - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - <tt><font size=+1>e3: literal | charclass | '.' | '^' | '$' | '(' e0 ')'<br> - e2: e3<br> - - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - | e2 REP<br> - - </table> - REP: '*' | '+' | '?'<br> - e1: e2<br> - - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - | e1 e2<br> - - </table> - e0: e1<br> - - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - | e0 '|' e1<br> - - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - </table> - </font></tt> - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - - - </table> - - </table> - A <tt><font size=+1>literal</font></tt> is any non-metacharacter, or a metacharacter (one of - <tt><font size=+1>.*+?[]()|\^$</font></tt>), or the delimiter preceded by <tt><font size=+1>\</font></tt>. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - A <tt><font size=+1>charclass</font></tt> is a nonempty string <i>s</i> bracketed <tt><font size=+1>[</font></tt><i>s</i><tt><font size=+1>]</font></tt> (or <tt><font size=+1>[^</font></tt><i>s</i><tt><font size=+1>]</font></tt>); it - matches any character in (or not in) <i>s</i>. A negated character class - never matches newline. A substring <i>a</i><tt><font size=+1>−</font></tt><i>b</i>, with <i>a</i> and <i>b</i> in ascending - order, stands for the inclusive range of characters between <i>a</i> - and <i>b</i>. In <i>s</i>, the metacharacters <tt><font size=+1>−</font></tt>, <tt><font size=+1>]</font></tt>, an initial <tt><font size=+1>^</font></tt>, and the - regular expression delimiter must be preceded by a <tt><font size=+1>\</font></tt>; other metacharacters - have no special meaning and may appear unescaped. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - A <tt><font size=+1>.</font></tt> matches any character. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - A <tt><font size=+1>^</font></tt> matches the beginning of a line; <tt><font size=+1>$</font></tt> matches the end of the - line. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - The <tt><font size=+1>REP</font></tt> operators match zero or more (<tt><font size=+1>*</font></tt>), one or more (<tt><font size=+1>+</font></tt>), zero - or one (<tt><font size=+1>?</font></tt>), instances respectively of the preceding regular expression - <tt><font size=+1>e2</font></tt>. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - A concatenated regular expression, <tt><font size=+1>e1e2</font></tt>, matches a match to <tt><font size=+1>e1</font></tt> - followed by a match to <tt><font size=+1>e2</font></tt>. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - An alternative regular expression, <tt><font size=+1>e0|e1</font></tt>, matches either a match - to <tt><font size=+1>e0</font></tt> or a match to <tt><font size=+1>e1</font></tt>. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - A match to any part of a regular expression extends as far as - possible without preventing a match to the remainder of the regular - expression.<br> - -</table> -<p><font size=+1><b>SEE ALSO </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - <a href="../man3/regexp.html"><i>regexp</i>(3)</a><br> - -</table> - -<td width=20> -<tr height=20><td> -</table> -<!-- TRAILER --> -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%> -<tr height=15><td width=10><td><td width=10> -<tr><td><td> -<center> -<a href="../../"><img src="../../dist/spaceglenda100.png" alt="Space Glenda" border=1></a> -</center> -</table> -<!-- TRAILER --> -</body></html> |