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in thread How can I read and print lines that has only one word from a file

Yes I have a question. Does /^(\w+)$/ mean that lines that start with one word or contain one word?
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Re^3: How can I read and print lines that has only one word from a file
by tadman (Prior) on Jul 15, 2002 at 04:43 UTC
    It means, literally, "start of line(^), followed by one-or-more word-characters(\w+), followed by end of line($)". This is one possible definition of "one word on line".
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