And since we're supposed to be learning something here =)...

"(?<!pattern)"
A zero-width negative look-behind assertion. For example "/(?<!bar)foo/" matches any occurrence of "foo" that does not follow "bar". Works only for fixed-width look-behind.

That's right, a negative, look-behind assertion. It's under "Extended Patterns" in perldoc perlre.

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