Alernation
Alterantion | metacharacter means OR
#!/bin/sh
: "Alterantion
Bob|Robert is one regex that matches either
Within a class, the | is just a normal character, like a and e
gr[ea]y example, can be written grey|gray, and even gr(a|e)y
Use parantheses to constrain the alternation
Not to confuse alternation with character class
A character class can match just a single character
Alternation is part of the main regex language
Character classes are almost like their own special mini-language
"
A='Bob Robert John'
B='gray grey greay greey'
C='First Street Fir1st Sstreet 1st street'
D='Third Thi|3rd 3rd'
echo $A | grep 'Bob|Robert' -o -E | tee result.txt
echo $B | grep 'gr(a|e)y' -o -E | tee result.txt -a
echo $C | grep '(Fir|1)st [Ss]treet' -o -E | tee result.txt -a
echo $D | grep '[Thi|3]+rd' -o -E | tee result.txt -a
Bob
Robert
gray
grey
First Street
1st street
Third
Thi|3rd
3rd
Last update: 702 days ago
Questions and answers:
How can regex (First|1st) be shortened?
- a) [Fir|1]st
- b) (Fir|1)st
Which regex matches gray or grey?
- a) gra|ey
- b) gr(a|e)y
Which regex can match "greedy"?
- a) gr[ee]dy
- b) gr(ee)dy
Which regex matches "gr|y"?
- a) gr[a|e]y
- b) gr(a|e)y
