One of the key roles of a programming language or interface is to allow machines to communicate with humans in an unambiguous, readable, clear way. I don't find regex to be any of those things, therefore my time is better spent on some of the other methods of human machine interfacing linux has available.
RegEx is the part I hate most about Linux. I avoid it like the plague.
ReplyDeleteRegex is a pain... But learning some of the simple aspects can be huge.
ReplyDeleteYeah I learn the minimum I can get away with.
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ReplyDeleteOne of the key roles of a programming language or interface is to allow machines to communicate with humans in an unambiguous, readable, clear way. I don't find regex to be any of those things, therefore my time is better spent on some of the other methods of human machine interfacing linux has available.
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