Re: Test RegEx

That's because your regex contains an unmatched (, just as the error message says. Either add an ) where appropriate, or escape the ( so that it doesn't have a special meaning.

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Re^2: Test RegEx by Saved (Beadle) on Apr 08, 2010 at 18:08 UTC
I have counted, added, subtracted ")" with no change in the error. I am trying to test the RegEx: ^\spassword\s+requisite\s+(/lib/security/$ISA/)?pam_cracklib.lcredit=(0123456789-+	[reply]
Re^3: Test RegEx by Corion (Patriarch) on Apr 08, 2010 at 18:16 UTC
You can't (try to) use `/` as the regex delimiter and (an unquoted) `/` within the regular expression. Use a different regex delimiter, for example `!`: `... if (@RECORD = grep (m!^\spassword\s+requisite\s+(/lib/security/$ISA/) +?pam_cracklib.lcredit=([0123456789-]+!, @fRecords )) { ...` [download] Also see perlop on `m//`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Test RegEx by Saved (Beadle) on Apr 08, 2010 at 18:37 UTC
Error resolved, thanx. Now I just need to get on top of RegEx's	[reply]
Re^5: Test RegEx by sierpinski (Chaplain) on Apr 08, 2010 at 19:53 UTC
Re^4: Test RegEx by Saved (Beadle) on Apr 08, 2010 at 18:27 UTC
Thanx, that's likely the problem. I'll try to work throgh with that.	[reply]