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AWK regex convert 3 letter word beginning with 'a' to uppercase

I have my regex expression to find 3 letter words beginning with "a"... \b[aA][a-z]{2}\b (seems to work, according to this! check it out: http://rubular.com/r/Jil0E4WZnW) Now I need to know how ...
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checking version in shell script using regex

Could anybody suggest a reg ex for checking versions What if I like to check any update version in 1.0.0 release may be 1.0.0-1 or 1.0.0-2 or 1.0.0-3 and I just need to check for what update version ...
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Stripping email addresses from arbitrary file

What's the best way to get [email protected] combinations from a large fileset? I assume that sed/awk can do this, but I'm not very familiar with regexp. We have a file i.e., Staff_data.txt that houses ...
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Script to rename files in folder to match names of files in another folder

I need to do a batch rename given the following scenario: I have a bunch of files in Folder A A bunch of files in Folder B. The files in Folder A are all ".doc", the files in Folder B are all ...
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using shell script to grep string between string a and string b

For example: I have a txt file like : text("hello") text("world") text("once") text("again") Aim to replace hello with string_1, world with string_2, once with string_3, again with string_4, ...
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windows script host javascript - find/run program with variable path using regular expressions

Trying to run a program with a path /release/0.0.0.100/program.exe where /release always contains only one folder with a changing version number in the pattern of \d.\d.\d.\d\d\d. Is there a way to ...
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Extract strings from thousands of files using \patterns\

I've downloaded freedb database, and the files are structured like this: ex ("21100012" file): DISCID=21100012 DTITLE=Various / Oberbayern '99 (CD 1) DYEAR=1999 DGENRE=Sampler ...
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Regex works in textwrangler but something isn't right in my ruby script

Could I get someone to punch holes in my script? My regex works fine to find urls in textwrangler but when I run my script the parseducc.txt file is putting bits and pieces of things on different ...
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search engine script - regex, multiple files, line numbers

I'm looking for a search engine script, or search engine that can: Search lots of large text files, specifically hundreds of full text novels. Use regex to return words and possible variations. Give ...
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Regex to change prices in InDesign

I'm working on the new pricelist of my company and I need to change all the prices with an increase of 4%. I'm using a script for InDesign (Number Adjuster) that works with RegEx. In the text there ...
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expect script regexp not matching

I have the following expect script and trying to match output which is returning empty lines. Can someone help with the regexp? #!/usr/bin/expect -f set force_conservative 1 set timeout ...
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How to add URL Encoding support in Regular Expression?

I have a RE available at Fiddle (http://jsfiddle.net/JntuG/) that tries to capture the presence of script tag in user-supplied string. In particular, I tries to capture the letter 'r' of script tag. I ...