in reply to This is not a pipe

Wouldn't /^|$/ match a single pipe on a line with nothing else, answering the question "is this a pipe only?"

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Be your own disciple, fan the sparks of will
For all of us waiting, your kingdom will come

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Re^2: This is not a pipe
by TGI (Parson) on Mar 11, 2005 at 19:53 UTC
    Yep, you are right, I can't type! I meant: 
    /^[^|]$/;

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Re^2: This is not a pipe
by Roy Johnson (Monsignor) on Mar 12, 2005 at 00:12 UTC
    It would match anything. It's an alternation, matching either start of string or end of string.
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      Right you are. I was supposing that this was one of those situations where the regex characters were taken literally, like if you were to do m/^{/;.

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      For all of us waiting, your kingdom will come

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