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(thing) by rp Fri Jul 14 2000 at 11:53:00
Powerful. Elegant. Do touch.

Novice users, be aware of the difference between regular expressions and wildcards.

Computer science students, be aware of the difference between regular expressions in theory and in Unix.

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