Re^3: Regex failing when the line starts with "./"

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in thread Regex failing when the line starts with "./"

Wouldn't (?:\.\\|\./) mean "full stop, then either backslash or dot, then forward slash"? ... Or does a | placed within grouping parentheses always match the entire first/second half of the grouping?

It is second case: [.\\] is one group of regex, [./] is the other.

To match per your first query, regex would be qr{[.] (?: \\ | . ) /}x (which I would rather write as qr{[.] [.\\] /}x but that is besides the point).

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Re^4: Regex failing when the line starts with "./" by Anonymous Monk on Feb 03, 2011 at 12:36 UTC
Carp! Please change ... `[.\\]` is one group of regex, `[./]` is the other ... to ... `.\\` is one group of regex, `./` is the other	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: Regex failing when the line starts with "./" by Anonymous Monk on Feb 03, 2011 at 14:07 UTC
I give up (and wish I had remembered the password).	[reply]

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