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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Wed,  3 Jun 2009 13:34:31 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] plan 9 regexp
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> For example, for lines with 8 characters and the ? operator:
>
> ^????????$

just to clarify (sorry if i'm being pedantic):
that will mach lines with *up to* 8 characters. (including
blank lines) "^........$" will match lines with exactly 8
characters.

- erik