Re: [tlug] pattern matching

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

>>>>> "Brett" == Brett Robson <b-robson@example.com> writes:

    Brett> That is exactly what I wanted! I wonder why it's take so
    Brett> long to be implemented, I can't be the only person that
    Brett> wanted it.

Mostly because the implementers already know how to do it with sed or
perl.  Partly because a lot of people believe that overloading simple
tools with non-standardized options is a bad idea.

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