perlre, Perl Regular Expressions

NAME

perlre - Perl regular expressions

DESCRIPTION

This page describes the syntax of regular expressions in Perl. For a description of how to use regular expressions in matching operations, plus various examples of the same, see discussion of m//, s///, qr// and ?? in Regexp Quote-Like Operators.

The matching operations can have various modifiers. The modifiers that relate to the interpretation of the regular expression inside are listed below. For the modifiers that alter the way a regular expression is used by Perl, see Regexp Quote-Like Operators and Gory details of parsing quoted constructs.

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"NAME perlre - Perl regular expressions DESCRIPTION This page describes the syntax of regular expressions in Perl. For a description of how to use regular expressions in matching operations, plus various examples of the same, see discussion of m//, s///, qr// and ?? in Regexp Quote-Like Operators. The matching operations can have various modifiers. The modifiers that relate to the interpretation of the regular expression inside are listed below."
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