Re: \q quote-matching operator

You could use the single-quote as your -e delimiter. :-)

But, I do like your \q idea for matching quotes. (With the \Q non-quote characterclass, as well.) Go ahead and suggest it!

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Re^2: \q quote-matching operator by diotalevi (Canon) on Aug 26, 2004 at 13:15 UTC
\Q is used as the marker for quotemeta(). `/ ... \Q$something\E ... /`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: \q quote-matching operator by Ven'Tatsu (Deacon) on Aug 26, 2004 at 13:45 UTC
You could use the single-quote as your -e delimiter. :-) You can? I seem to have trouble trying to do that. `C:\>perl -e 'print "foo\n"' Can't find string terminator "'" anywhere before EOF at -e line 1.` [download] In cmd.exe you can escape quotes with either a quote or a backslash, ~~I don't know if either will work in command.com, If some one else doesn't know I'll check after I get home from work~~ both do apear to work in command.com on Windows 98. `C:\>perl -e "print '""'" " C:\>perl -e "print '\"'" "` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]